About Me
I am currently a Research Scientist and Shanahan Fellow at the Allen Institute and University of Washington, co-mentored by Christof Koch (Allen), Eric Shea-Brown (UW), and Uygar Sümbül (Allen). I work in the Data-Driven Discovery (D3) center and the Brain & Consciousness group at Allen, and am also affiliated with UW's Computational Neuroscience Center.
Prior to joining the Allen Institute, I earned my PhD in Statistics from LSE, supervised by Milan Vojnovic and supported by the Lee Family Scholarship. I studied mathematics and statistics at St John's College, Oxford, receiving a master's degree in 2018. I also spent the summer of 2021 at Microsoft Research Asia, mentored by Wei Chen.
Research Interests
I began working on relational learning during my PhD: how to learn about individuals from group outcomes, and how to select groups when information is limited. I am interested in the underlying statistical inference, optimization, approximation and learning problems.
At the Allen Institute, I study the spatial organization and dynamics of neuronal populations, including cell-type-specific responses to psilocybin. I also developed the Gumbel Dynamical Model (GDM) to capture gradual changes in animal behavior. Building on this work, my long-term goal is to develop world models of interactions among humans, animals, and robots, and use them to help robots anticipate their partners' responses and adapt how they assist them over time. For more information on my research projects, see my research here.
I also co-founded Maxi, a pet-care company connecting dog owners with care providers.