CV
Download the full CV (PDF), last updated October 2026. Highlights below.
Education
- 2022–
PhD student in Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor: Ted Gibson
- 2018–2022
AB in Psychology, summa cum laude, Harvard University
Thesis advisor: Jesse Snedeker
Fellowships and awards
- 2026–27
STIRR Graduate Research Assistantship, MIT
From questionnaire to results section: automated, design-aware reporting in Surveyor. NINDS STIRR program.
- 2025, 2026
Walle Nauta Award for continued dedication to teaching, MIT
- 2024
Angus MacDonald Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching by a graduate student, MIT
- 2022
Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University
- 2019–20
Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University
- 2019
Detur Book Prize, Harvard University
Invited talks
- 2026
Word informativity drives acoustic enhancement
Language and Cognition, Harvard University
- 2024
Discussant, student-led panel
Ideas on Consciousness, University of California, Berkeley
- 2022
Cross-linguistic noisy channel processing: Investigations in the structural prior
Language and Cognition, Harvard University
Teaching and mentoring
- 2023–2026
Teaching assistant, 9.59 Lab in Psycholinguistics, MIT
Instructor: Ted Gibson
- 2023–
Undergraduate research supervisor, MIT, Wellesley, and Harvard
31 undergraduate researchers through UROP, MSRP-Bio, and funded positions
- 2022–
Statistics practica and consulting, MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Linear, mixed-effects, and Bayesian models
- 2019–2021
Teaching fellow, Harvard University
CS50; Web Programming with Python and JavaScript; Introduction to AI with Python; Computer Science for Managers
- 2019–2021
Peer Advising Fellow, Harvard College
Service
- 2022–
Ad hoc reviewer
Cognition, Cognitive Science, Open Mind, PNAS, JEP: General, and others; CogSci
- 2022–
Application Assistance Program, MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- 2023–2024
English teacher for speakers of other languages, The Welcome Project
Software and languages
- 2023–
Surveyor, developer and maintainer
- Languages
Russian and Hebrew (native); English (fluent); Spanish (proficient); Arabic (MSA, intermediate); American Sign Language (beginner)