Research Experience
2020-2023. Senior UX Researcher @ Meta (Facebook), Seattle, WA (2020-2021), & Remote, Based in Los Angeles, CA (2021-2023)
2020 (3 Months). Visiting Research Scientist @ Microsoft Research, Microsoft, Redmond, WA (USA)
2017-present . Senior Research Scientist (Postdoctoral Scholar) @ the California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology & Biological Engineering/Computation and Neural Systems
2017 (5 months) . Visiting Research Scientist @ Microsoft Research, Microsoft, Redmond, WA (USA)
2016-2017 . Research Scientist (Postdoctoral Researcher) in the Brain, Body & Self Lab @ the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden), Department of Neuroscience
2010-2016 . Doctoral Student in the Brain, Body, & Self Lab at the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden), Department of Neuroscience
2007-2010 . Graduate Researcher in the Action and Consciousness Lab at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (USA)
2008-2010 . Research Assistant in the Cognitive Psychology Lab at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (USA)
2008-2009 . Research Assistant at San Francisco State University's Public Research Institute, San Francisco, CA (USA)
2007-2008 . Research Assistant in the Social Psychology Lab at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (USA)
Education
2011-2016 . Ph.D, Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute
2008-2010 . MA, Psychological Research, San Francisco State University
2004-2008 . BA, Psychology, San Francisco State University
Honors, Affiliations, & Awards
Grants
2017 . Swedish Research Council International Postdoctoral Grant Recipient (3 years of full funding)
2011-2015 . Karolinska Institute's Doctoral (KID) Student Funding Grant Recipient (4 years of partial funding)
2009 . Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Grant Recipient
AWARDS
2018 . Named a 2018 STAT Wunderkind.
2018 . “Best Presentation Award” received for my talk entitled “Expanding the Sense of Touch Outside the Body.” given at ACM’s Symposium on Applied Perception.
Affiliations
2018-Present . Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
2011-Present . Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
2008-Present . Association for Psychological Science (APS)
2008-Present . Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)
2011-2012. European Association for Social Psychology (EASP)
2008-2011 . Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
2006-Present . Psi Chi, Honor Society (Psi Chi)
Teaching Experience
Spring 2019 . Invited Guest Lecture in Prof. Shimojo’s Cognitive Neuroscience Course (CNS 176). Lecture title: “Body ownership and VR psychophysics” May 20, 2019.
Spring 2013 . Neuroscience Course: Electromyography (EMG) Lab Instructor/Co-Organizer
Fall 2012 . Neuroscience Course: Electromyography (EMG) Lab Instructor
Spring 2010 . PSY371: Statistics in Psychology Lab Instructor Record
Fall 2009 . PSY371: Statistics in Psychology Lab Instructor Record
Fall 2009 . PSY400: Research Methods in Psychology Lab Instructor Record
Summer 2009 . PSY371: Statistics in Psychology Instructor Record
Spring 2009 . PSY400: Research Methods in Psychology Lab Instructor Record
Fall 2008 . PSY400: Research Methods in Psychology Lab Instructor Record
Spring 2008 . PSY435: Behavioral Problems in Children Teaching Assistant
Fall 2007 . PSY431: Developmental Psychology Teaching Assistant
Fall 2007 . PSY371: Statistics in Psychology Tutor
Spring 2007 . PSY200: Introduction to Psychology Tutor
Summer 2007 . Math, Science, English, and Psychology Volunteer Primary School Teacher in Twifu-Mampong, Ghana