For publications and conference contributions please see research output.
For outreach contributions please see impact and outreach.
Education
- 2022, PhD in Cognitive Science, joint degree from Macquarie University (Australia) and Universities of Potsdam (Germany), Newcastle (UK), Groningen (Netherlands), and Trento (Italy), IDEALAB PhD programme
- 2018, MSc in Experimental & Clinical Linguistics, University of Potsdam, IECL programme
- 2015, MA in Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
- 2012 & 2014, Student exchange, University of Vienna, Austria
Appointments
- Jan 2026 – present, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prize Fellow (tenure-track), Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, Aston University
- June 2022 – Dec 2025, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rastle Lab, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Feb 2020 – June 2022, Academic Tutor, Macquarie University
- July 2016 – Aug 2018, Research Assistant, NOLA Lab & VasishthLab, University of Potsdam
Teaching
- Postgraduate
- 2025 – 2026, Making Your Research Transparent & Reproducible, Intro to Quantitative Analysis in R, Intro to Data Visualisation in , Python for Data and Research: Insights for R Users, A Gentle and Practical Introduction to Linear Mixed-Effects Models, Introduction to Logistic Regression, South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDARC)
- 27 March 2023, Fitting Bayesian Linear Mixed Effects and Distributional Regression models with brms, Royal Holloway, University of London
- 18 Feb 2021, Data analysis using (generalised) linear mixed effects models in R, Macquarie University
- Undergraduate: 2020 – 2022, PSYU3349 Design and Statistics III, PSYU2248 Design and Statistics II, SPHL3311 Acquired Speech and Language Disorders, COGS2020 Experimental Design and Data Analysis for the Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Macquarie University
- Other: 2021 - present, Certified Instructor, The Carpentries
Awards and funding
- 2023, Student Researcher Credibility prize, British Neuroscience Association
- 2021, Instructor training with The Carpentries (USD 1,500), Macquarie University
- 2020, Postgraduate Research Fund (AUD 5,000): competitive university-wide award for international conferences and lab visits, Macquarie University
- 2019, Conference travel & participant recruitment awards (EUR 2,000), University of Potsdam
- 2018 – 2022, IDEALAB PhD Fellowship, a highly competitive fellowship providing full tuition, stipend, and international travel costs
- 2012 & 2014, Student exchange awards providing tuition and stipend for 2 semesters, University of Vienna
Editorial and professional service
- Editorial Board: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
- Journal reviewer: Psychological Science, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Behavior Research Methods, Journal of Memory and Language, Cognitive Science, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Scientific Data, Language, Cognition, & Neuroscience, Instructional Science, Scientific Studies of Reading, Journal of Research in Reading, Dyslexia, Advances in Cognitive Psychology, Language and Speech, Psychology & Neuroscience, Applied Psycholinguistics, and others
- Conference reviewer: Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP)
- Open science: 2022 – 2025, ReproducibiliTea journal club Lead, Royal Holloway, University of London; 2026 – present, ReproducibiliTea journal club Lead, Aston University
- Inclusivity: 2024 – present, Mentor, In2research
- Memberships: Experimental Psychology Society, British Neuroscience Association, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Psychonomic Society
Methodological and technical expertise
- Techniques and apporaches: Behavioural, EEG, corpus linguistics, NLP, computational modelling, eye-tracking, fNIRS
- Programming: R, Python, MATLAB, Stan, LaTeX, Presentation Neurobehavioral Systems