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 the Infant Brain”, using neural decoding and EEG.

Before joining the BabyLab at MARCS, I explored the other end of the lifespan— when doing a master's project working with 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 since my undergrad! — from 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!