Biography

Each moment of our waking lives is wrought through the medium of our conscious awareness. The enigma of how our brains create, capture, and shape our experiences fascinates me. In my cognitive neuroscience research at Stanford University, I studied how aging and early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology affect our memory abilities. Through these studies, I came to wonder whether or how these processes change our experiences of each moment. Consequently, my research at Cambridge seeks to better understand the neural underpinnings of consciousness as a function of age and AD. Through these inquiries, I hope my research will both shed light on the neural correlates of consciousness themselves and offer approaches for earlier detection of AD. Beyond doing research, I believe in and have worked toward sharing scientific information and discovery widely. I am deeply honored, humbled, and inspired to join the Gates Cambridge community of scholars.

Previous Education

Stanford University Human Biology 2021