I am a Faculty Assistant at Academic City University, with research interests in NeuroAI, examining how neural mechanisms can inform machine learning architectures, and what computational models can actually tell us about how the brain works, not just describe it.

Alongside this, I work as a Founding Engineer, guiding technical direction and delivery, having previously worked for several years as an independent software engineer building scalable full-stack systems. My background is in Computer Science from the University for Development Studies.

Some representative lines of work include:

  • Examining whether default mode network activity can distinguish social from non-social video stimuli more accurately than early visual areas (V1–V2), using linear decoding of BOLD signals.
  • An interactive lab exploring neural dynamics from first principles, from single-neuron biophysics to population-level activity.
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