Hello! I am a graduate student in Alfonso Caramazza's Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab at Harvard. My expected graduation date is May 2016.
My research is focused on object perception and recognition, ranging from object individuation to the processing of conceptual properties of objects such as how they are used and where they are found. I am fascinated by how light patterns on our retina are built into the complex representations of objects that allow us to successfully interact with our environment every day.
I am currently preparing for a career transition into a data science role. I have loved using data to gain insights about the brain, and cannot wait to apply that same process to datasets that exist outside of academia. Real world, here I come!
Past:
As an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, I worked with Peter Tse, studying motion perception and depth perception. Working in Peter's lab gave me my passion for science, and helped me narrow the (then very broad) focus of my research interests.
After graduating, I spent a year in Bologna, Italy, working with Ida Gobbini on voice recognition in the congenitally blind. The time I spent in Italy solidified my interest in vision, and piqued my interest in studying cognitive processes both in patients and 'normal' subjects.