My group investigates how genetic risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders influence the development and function of large-scale brain networks, and how these changes relate to social and emotional behaviour, sleep, epilepsy, and autonomic physiology. Using rodent models, we study how alterations in brain circuits give rise to clinically relevant features across development, with a particular focus on identifying neural and physiological markers that translate across species. Ultimately, this work aims to bridge the gap between biological mechanisms and measurable outcomes that can support improved diagnosis and treatment.

• Neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic models
• Brain network development and long-range connectivity
• Neural basis of social and emotional behaviour
• Interactions between sleep, epilepsy, and cognitive function
• Brain–body interactions, including autonomic and cardiovascular regulation
• Translational approaches linking preclinical and clinical research

My core teaching focuses on neuroscience across both undergraduate Biomedical and Medical Sciences programmes and taught postgraduate degrees.

Undergraduate: Mechanisms of Brain Development; Neuroscience; Honours project supervision.

Postgraduate: Teaching on taught neuroscience programmes; MSc project supervision.