I am a postdoctoral researcher in Psychology. In my research, I address deep and fundamental questions about the phylogenetic and ontogenetic origins of quantitative reasoning.

At the University of California, Berkeley, I work with Dr. Jan Engelmann (Social Origins Lab). We use comparisons between children and chimpanzees to investigate the evolutionary origins of capacities such as rational belief formation and belief revision.

I also work with Dr. Steve Piantadosi (Computation and Language Lab) to investigate how humans perceive and represent approximate and precise quantities, and how we develop the ability to do so.

At UC Santa Barbara, I work with Dr. Laura Lewis (Biological Origins of Mind Lab) to study social reasoning in non-human primates such as chimpanzees and bonobos.

In my work, I combine experimental techniques from cognitive science, developmental psychology, animal behavior, and psychophysics, and I use computational modeling to formalize and test hypotheses about the cognitive processes underlying behavior.