Personal Statement
I am a cognitive neuroscientist in the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience research group in the Department of Psychology, Institute of Population Health. I received my PhD from the Center for Mind and Brain Sciences (CIMeC) via the University of Trento in Italy. After completing a doctoral thesis on the behavioral and neural mechanisms of preparatory attention for visual search, I moved on to research on mental imagery and anomalous perception during my time as a postdoctoral researcher at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany. There, I developed the 'Ganzflicker', a tool I use to investigate hallucinations, altered states of consciousness, and individual differences in mental imagery.

Research Overview
Currently, my research interests include:
Investigating the behavioral and neural correlates of hallucinations
Improving mental healthcare experiences of individuals with mental imagery extremes (aphantasia, hyperphantasia)
Theory building and modeling divergent perceptual experiences in clinical and non-/sub-clinical populations
Developing Ganzflicker as a potential diagnostic and/or therapeutic tool for psychiatric conditions