hello!

I am currently on a year-long “sabbatical” from formal academic work, where I will be writing, traveling, and tinkering with some creative side projects. If you’re interested, you can follow along my sabbatical journey here!

I am lucky enough to spend my sabbatical as a TSVP Visiting Scholar at the beautiful Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Okinawa, Japan. I recently recieved my Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard, where I was advised by Sam Gershman and supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and a Harvey Fellowship. Before that, I received my B.A. in Cognitive Science from Rice University.

Outside of research, I enjoy teaching, writing poetry, running, hosting dinner parties, and latin dancing. From 2021-2023, I was a Resident Tutor at Quincy House, where I lived with and advised Harvard College students.

quick links

Here’s a fun interview I did with Humans of HBI back in 2022
My popular guide on applying to grad school: All About PhD Applications

recent and upcoming

Aug 2025: Attending CCN 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Jul 2025: Attending CogSci 2025 in San Francisco, CA 🇺🇸
Jun 2025: Giving talks at Araya Research, RIKEN Advanced Intelligence Project, and RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Apr 2025: Organized the Global Summit on Open Problems for AI in Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Feb 2025: Gave a talk at the National University of Singapore / SfN Singapore Cognitive Science, Psychology & AI Seminar Series 🇸🇬
Oct 2024: Visited Rice University (my alma mater!) to give a lecture and alumni panel Q&A for Rice Omega Psi 🇺🇸
Jul 2024: Taught COGS 180: Decision Making in the Brain for UCSD Summer Session 🇺🇸
Jun 2024: Taught at the OIST Computational Neuroscience Course (OCNC) in Okinawa, Japan 🇯🇵
May 2024: Gave a spotlight talk at the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI Conference in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
Apr 2024: Successfully defended my Ph.D.! 🎓
Jan 2024: Gave a Theoretical Sciences Visiting Program Talk at OIST in Okinawa, Japan 🇯🇵