I am a neuroimaging scientist developing methods to study the brain and spinal cord, and using these to identify clinically meaningful biomarkers of central nervous system conditions. I am particularly interested in how neural function can be modified by therapeutic interventions, spanning pharmacological treatments, behavioural approaches, and neuromodulation, with a long-term goal of identifying imaging markers that are meaningful at the level of the individual
I hold a King's Prize Fellowship at the Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, and lead SPM Training and Documentation initiatives at the Functional Imaging Laboratory, University College London.
Research
My work spans mechanistic neuroscience, neuroimaging of the brain and spinal cord, and clinical translation.
Spinal cord imaging — optimising and validating methods for spinal cord (f)MRI, including establishing the biological validity of spinal fMRI, developing test-retest reliability benchmarks, and contributing to automated segmentation tools now openly distributed in the Spinal Cord Toolbox.
Neuroimaging methods development — contributing to SPM, the widely used open-source neuroimaging analysis software, including documentation, training, and methodological evaluation.
Translational neuroimaging — applying fMRI to study cognitive and pharmacological effects in clinical populations, including ADHD, postpartum psychosis, and pain conditions
Open scholarship
I am committed to collaborative, transparent, and rigorous research. I serve as UKRN Local Network Lead for King’s College London and as a member of the British Neuroscience Association Credibility Advisory Board.
Teaching
Themes: neuroimaging methods, research methods, open scholarship
Format: lectures, small group tutorials, workshops (online and in-person)
Level: undergraduate, postgraduate
Selected awards & funding
King’s Prize Fellowship
2023 · King’s College London
Open Research Award
2023 · IoPPN, King’s College London
Novel Neuroimaging Approaches and Applications
2023 · NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
OHBM Open Research Award (as part of The SPM Team)
2023 · Organization for Human Brain Mapping
SIPS Commendation (as part of The RIOT Science Club)
2021 · Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science
Summer Meeting Poster Prize
2018 & 2021 · British Association for Psychopharmacology