At Michigan State's media & psychology lab, I explored the interplay of identity and moral cues in narrative media as experimental variables. This sparked my interest in consumer psychology and the interpretation of media content. I am currently fascinated by themes of self-signaling, inherent biases, and pathways of emotion and trust. I've looked into these while studying topics like parasocial relationships, second-screening psychology, and the digital representation of self and the world.

My interest in endocrinology started when I was 8 years old, googling Type 1 diabetes, and was nourished when I planted the 'insulin' plant and learned about its functions. Over the past 10 years, I have studied pancreatic disorders independently and engaged with insulin-sensitivity and stem cell to beta cell replication in the Wang Lab at the Precision Health Program. Current topics I wish to explore are diabulimia, the correlation between steroids and pancreatic function, and topics at the intersection of endocrinological health and media consumption.

My interest in large-scale data visualization grew while working with Dar Meshi, mapping decentralized science projects across the world. Seeing patterns emerge from thousands of data points and then realizing how easily those patterns can shift depending on the framing made me curious about how we see information. I started paying attention to things like visual bias in charts, how color and shape influence interpretation, and why some visualizations instantly click while others confuse. Right now, I’m especially drawn to the psychology of dashboards, perceptual limits, and how data storytelling shapes the way people understand science, media, and themselves.

I've always been fascinated by the power of the human brain. Studying it via classes, books, and online papers, this interest grew exponentially when I took a Neuromarketing class and learned the concept of reverse inference. The plethora of ways to connect neuroscience to ongoing research in several fields excites me. Current themes I'm most fascinated with are metacognition, brain-computer interfaces, neural signatures, and how motor learning differs across skills. I'm curious about furthering the application of neuroscience in marketing research.