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My research investigates how brain–body systems represent the self, other people, and self–other relationships. As a clinical scientist, I examine disruptions in these systems as transdiagnostic mechanisms of psychopathology, with a particular focus on interpersonal dysfunction. This work integrates clinical science and social-affective neuroscience, while adopting a perspective of lifespan development to account for neurophysiological maturation across the life course. I leverage interdisciplinary approaches, including computational neuroscience, psychophysiology, social decision-making models, and dyadic designs. With a focus on research translation, I also study how mental health and neuroscience knowledge shape the public’s decisions to seek mental health support.

I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto (Toronto Decision Neuroscience Lab) and Yale University (Yale Computational Psychiatry Unit). My fellowship is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2026.