About Me
*Searching for a postdoctoral researcher position!*
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I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow working with Dr. Julia Spaniol in the Memory and Decision Processes Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. Prior to my current position, I graduated in 2023 with a PhD in Developmental, Cognitive, and Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Houston. Working with Dr. Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention Lab, my dissertation research examined the emotional attentional blink (emotion-induced blindness)—more specifically the limits of the emotional attentional blink and the ability of emotion to capture temporal attention. I also graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida in 2017, where I completed my undergraduate honors thesis on emotional capture in the attentional blink in the Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention with Dr. Andreas Keil.
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My broad research interests include attentional capture, the interactions between goal-driven and stimulus-driven attention, effects of emotion and motivation, and age-related differences in cognitive processes. I also enjoy merging methods from outside fields in order to answer questions in cognitive science, such as gait pattern changes while dual-tasking and the effects of advertisements on attentional processing. My goal is to come up with research projects that can bridge the gap between basic cognitive science research and real-world scenarios.
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Aside from research, my hobbies include anything art-related, such as painting, digital art, graphic design, and other crafting projects. I also spend time trying to make a difference in my community—I was a founding member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Graduate Students (DEIGS) committee at the University of Houston and served as a representative to relay information between DEIGS and the faculty diversity committee. I am also a fan of Hozier (stream Unreal Unearth), love Hamilton, and have a cat named Lola!
