About me

Hello! I am just an average dude interested in intersection of philosophy and neuroscience specifically as it relates to consciousness and theory of mind. I have a  Bachelor's of Science in Neuroscience and am starting medical school August 2026. Though I am open to other medical fields, I am deeply interested in clinical neurology and psychiatry cases. My research interest is in the intersection of attention and emotion and its clinical implications. I have experience working as a clinical research assistant at Wayne State School of Medicine, where I utilized neuroimaging and psychophysiology to explore risk and resiliency related to PTSD and chronic pain. Currently I work as a medical scribe at a neurology clinic. In my free time, I practice japanese sword arts, go hiking (yes even in cold Michigan), read philosophy, and spend time with my friends.  

Neural and psychological sciences have come a long way to explain many aspects of human cognition and behavior. Yet, it is still unknown how and why specific neural processes necessitate subjective experiences (known as the hard problem of consciousness). In brief, why and how is it that we experience reality in a certain way based on biochemical processes. Thus, my hope is to analyze different philosophies and neuroscientific theories to better explain what it really means to be conscious, and how that relates to illness and psychopathology. I believe there are two themes in this field that we need to address: 1. metacognitive awareness of internal states and 2. Somatic marker hypothesis by Damasio. 

More details can be found in blog on Mind, Brain and Self.