I am a 2nd year PhD student in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab with Dr. Roger Beaty at Penn State. My research interests revolve around how knowledge is represented and interacted with creatively. By studying semantic memory, individual differences, and how large language models represent creativity, I am able to better understand the cognitive mechanisms of creative thinking.

As a research assistant in the Laboratory for Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Research, I assisted in designing and conducting experiments to study auditory perception and attention. Working under Dr. Sung-Joo Lim, I collected coded experiments in PsychoPy and collected behavioral data.

As a research assistant in the Learning and Representation in Cognition Laboratory, I conducted individual and collaborative research studying categorization and learning. Under the supervision of Dr. Kenneth Kurtz, I used behavioral and computational methods to understand how knowledge is acquired and represented. I developed a novel categorization algorithm in Python to classify data. I also designed and conducted an individual research project studying individual differences in analogical transfer and creative thinking. Additionally, I assisted the lab in collecting and scoring behavioral data.

As a seasonal office intern, I created and updated databases on Quickbase to create easily accessible files. To that end, I scanned and organized delivery tickets, employee information, and insurance cards.