• About

  I’m currently completing an MSc Clinical Neuroscience at City St George’s and a dual NHS placement in London. I start a PhD at Brunel in 2027 where I’ll investigate late-life neuropsychiatric symptoms and their relationship to dementia using a large-scale longitudinal data. My research spans decision-making, computational psychiatry, and clinical neuroscience, with active collaborations in the UK and UAE. Outside of research, I’m working toward a career in clinical neuropsychology through volunteering and clinical internships to secure an assistant psychologist role.

Research Projects & Interests

• Current Projects

  “Modelling the Mechanisms of Depression: Predicting PHQ-9 scores from Mood-Modulated Decision Behaviour”

  “Central Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation and the Detection-to-Action Process: a LATER Model Investigation“

  “Can Quantum Cognition better explain Functional Neurological Disorder?“

  Past Projects

  “The Drift Diffusion Model in Explaining Decision-Making Under Time Pressure and Its Relationship between Risk-Taking“

  “Beyond “Random” Randomness: A Novel Perlin Noise Framework for OCD-Related Cognitive and Behavioural Investigations“

  Interests

  Quantum-inspired probabilistic approaches to cognition and decision dynamics

  Computational modelling of latent cognitive processes

  Functional Neurological Disorder and Quantum Cognition

  Neuropsychology and dementia

  Translational and clinical applications of computational methodologies

  I’m open to research collaborations — get in touch via email!

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