I am a neuroscientist-neurologist specialized in autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders. I started my own research group at the University of Cambridge Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN) in August 2018. We are investigating how cortical networks form during early postnatal development and how this process is disrupted by the genetic change that causes Rett syndrome and some forms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We work closely with the Neuronal Oscillations Group led by Prof. Ole Paulsen. As of March 2021, I am now an Affiliated Lecturer in PDN. I continue to mentor our SAND Cambridge team and teach on the Part II PDN course.

In 2021, I moved to the Brigham and Women's Hospital where we started our SAND Boston team! Our group on the west side of the Atlantic will focus on human-derived neuronal cultures as a model for studying neurodevelopmental disorders, including genetic causes of ASD. I am on the teaching faculty of Harvard Medical School. I see adults with ASD and adults with a wider array of cognitive difficulties in my neurology clinics at the Massachusetts General Hospital Lurie Center for Autism and the Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology.

Research profile and publications: see Harvard Catalyst.