Education

PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (awarded with no corrections)

08 April 2022
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Title: Neurofeedback investigations of perceptual processes

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

14 December 2015
The University of Queensland
Title: Neural correlates of selective visual attention for interactive approach and avoidance Grade: 7 (best possible)

Bachelor of Science (Extended major in Psychology)

20 December 2014
The University of Queensland
Grade: 6.33/7

Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Sept 2021 – Jan 2023
Prof Jason Mattingley, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia

In this role I designed and executed a research program that investigated the relationship between predictive coding and sustained visual attention, harnessing these findings in a novel neurofeedback protocol that aims to improve performance during sustained visual tasks.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Aug 2021 – Jan 2023
Dr Steffen Bollmann, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia

Supported and communicated the development of the open source ‘Neurodesk’ project as part of the Australian Electrophysiological Data Analytics Platform project (see neurodesk.org).

EEG Laboratory Manager

Jan 2018 – Aug 2021
Prof Jason Mattingley, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia Managed resources across three EEG Laboratories, including training new users, technical support, purchasing and general administration.

Research Technician

Feb 2016 – Jul 2017
Science of Learning Research Centre, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Australia Assisted with experimental design, programming and development, data collection (EEG, fNIRS, eye-tracking, physiological measures), data analysis, and technical support with laboratory equipment across several research projects.

Research Technician

Sept 2015 – Jul 2017
School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Assisted with experimental design, programming and development, and data analysis and guided the interpretation of results on a single large project conducted by a multi-disciplinary research team.

Research Skills

Programming Languages and tools

• MATLAB (Expert)
• Python (Advanced)
• R (Proficient)- C++ (Proficient)
• Git, High Performance Computing
• Containerised analysis environments (Docker, singularity)
• Psychtoolbox
• COGENT toolbox
• SFML
• Unreal engine

Research areas and methods

• Visual perception
• visual selective attention
• sustained visual attention
• real-time neuroimaging (neurofeedback, brain-computer interface)
• frequency-tagging

Analysis Methods

• signal processing
• time-series analysis
• Fourier analysis
• computational modelling
• machine learning
• advanced statistical inference (e.g. Bayesian modelling, GLM, non-parametric hypothesis testing)
• forward encoding

Research communication tools

• Adobe illustrator (Expert)

Data experience (collection and analysis)

• Electroencephalography (EEG)
• functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
• eye-tracking
• calcium imaging (analysis only)
• pulse plethysmography (PPG)
• galvanic skin response (GSR)
• electrocorticography (ECG)
• behavioural data