Every embyro begins as a single cell, but over weeks of Development, that cell divides, folds and self-assembles into layers, tissues, and organs — most remarkably, a thinking organ!

I am a PhD candidate at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, where I work with Genevieve Quek, Tijl Grootswagers, Manuel Varlet, and Antonia Götz, trying to understand the "neural basis of invariant object representations in infants”. My research uses time-resolved multivariate pattern analysis of EEG data.

Before joining the BabyLab at MARCS, I explored the other end of the lifespan— working on neurodegenerative disease. I did my M.Sc under the supervision of Seyed-Mahdi Khaligh-Razavi, focusing on “early detection of dementia using fMRI and digital biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease”.

I've come a thoroughly non-linear (p < 0.05) path, from B.Sc in Molecular Biology and PCR gels to EEG caps and infant giggles!
The memories are still there— though the neurons that once stored all those biology-courses, seem to have undergone a bit of synaptic pruning!