Professional

I am a cognitive scientist investigating how humans reason about existential risks (i.e., events that can seriously reduce humanity's potential), mortality, and artificial intelligence (AI). My teaching emphasis is in statistics and I'm the author of a textbook titled Psychological Statistics Simplified.

I recently earned a Cognitive and Brain Sciences Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in 2023 under Emily Elliott. Previously, I earned an Aging Sciences B.S. from University of South Florida in 2017 and an Experimental Psychology M.S. from Seton Hall University in 2019. During my graduate training, I also held government research positions with Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Naval Research Laboratory at NASA Stennis Space Center. 

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Personal

I'm from South Florida and have lived around the country. Apart from being an academic, I am also a real person with real interests. 

• Music: Spotify Wrapped told me that last year, I listened to 63,000 minutes of music. I have too many interests to list here so some random favorite artists are: The Smiths, Her's, Paramore, Black Marble, Brand New, The Cure, Modern Baseball, Men I Trust, Title Fight, Last Dinosaurs, Alex G, blink-182, Slow Pulp, Kate Bush, King Krule, Macabre Plaza, The Radio Dept., Phoebe Bridgers, Kero Kero Bonito, American Football, empire! empire! (i was a lonely estate), etc. etc. etc.

• Films: Current favorites are Twilight, Coraline, Arrival, and Godzilla Minus One

• Games: Currently playing Valorant, Marvel Rivals, and sometimes Magic: The Gathering

• Books: Currently reading "How Not to Die" by Michael Greger 

Always open to recs for all of the above categories... especially books.