Research

As of 2025, I currently an independent researcher, working in areas of bio-inspired intelligence, artificial life, embodied (social and affective) cognition, artificial intelligence (both basic and applied research), affective computing, human-robot interaction, and adaptive systems/cybernetics.

Between 2022-2024, I was awarded a EUTOPIA-SIF MSCA Fellowship, working at the University of Gothenburg (DICE Lab) on the project “Socially Assistive Robot Partners for Digitized Cognitive Intervention Therapy (SARP-DCI).”

Before that, I worked on the interdisciplinary project, “Diversity Creates Diversity: Helping Nature-Recovery Meet the Diverse Needs of People and Nature”, funded through the NERC Discipline Hopping Grant, at the Sandom Lab in 2022.

Outreach

I am part of the ALife Newsletter coordination team: a bi-monthly digital publication for Artificial Life (ALife) community updates.

I host the What ALife! Podcast and also occasionally co-host on the BiotaCast podcast.

I am the General Chair for the Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life group & the Social Outreach Chair for the International Society of Artificial Life (ISAL) for 2024-2026. Note: You can join the ERA Discord server here.

I also coordinate the ALife & Society Special Interest group which hosts a seminar series and an interdisciplinary working group.

I regularly co-organise the ALIFE & Society Special Session as part of the ALIFE conference.

Personal(?)

I train and occasionally compete as a hybrid fitness athlete. I am the Lead Performance Coach at enActive Performance. & I write/produce music as part of a hip-hop collective.

Apart from that, you will mostly find me playing video games, going to see live music, or reading books that remind me how little I know about things!