Our team
I am an Assistant Professor of NeuroInformatics with the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge and Director of Neuroimaging at the Autism Research Centre. My research aims at gaining a better understanding of typical and atypical neurodevelopment by integrating cutting-edge neuroimaging, genomic and transcriptomic techniques: from micro (genetics), through meso (brain) to macroscale (behaviour & environment).
My scientific interests are in neural development, machine learning, and neural networks: both artificial and biological. My PhD focused on modelling the mechanisms of topographic development and applying them to solve optimisation problems. My current research involves developing pipelines and algorithms to analyse brain imaging data: fMRI, genetic, intrinsic optical imaging, etc. In my free time I like to surf, ride, hike, and fumble around on a guitar.
I study brain development in autism and ADHD using normative modelling techniques and large, multi-site neuroimaging datasets. I am particularly interested in examining factors related to the heterogeneity. I did a BA in psychology and an MSc in neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal and completed my PhD at Cambridge in 2024. Outside of the lab, you can find Saashi playing the very Canadian sport of ice hockey, baking bread, or doing various outdoor activities.
I am a first year PhD student under the BBSRC DTP, having recently graduated with a MEng in Information Engineering and Bioengineering from Cambridge. My main interests are machine learning and neuroscience, and combining the two to better understand how the brain works. Previously, I worked in the implementation of more biologically plausible deep learning models of vision. I am joining the lab to study neurodevelopmental disorders through modelling and data analysis. Outside of research, I like playing touch rugby and cooking!
I am a PhD student in the Department of Psychiatry. My research examines how childhood factors influencing physical health determine brain health across the lifespan.
Though originally a medical student, I eventually succumbed to the charms of a PhD in Psychiatry. I’m interested in the developmental aspects of mental disorders, which I will be investigating by comparing brain development in humans and common marmosets using structural MRI.
I am a PhD student at the Department of Psychiatry and the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, having completed my BA in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, and my MSc in Neuroscience at King's College London. Using large-scale datasets, I examine how brain structure and function gives rise to psychopathology and cognition across childhood and adolescence, and how these organisational principles emerge.
I work at the interface between neuroimaging and genetics, with particular focus on the network properties of the brain, and establishing a genetic link between imaging-derived phenotypes and neuropsychiatric conditions. Out of research I also engage in popular science and scientific translation.
As an Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Research Fellow in brain resilience, my research examines the complex relationships between brain dynamics, cognition, and factors like genetics, vascular health, and comorbidities. I employ a multimodal approach, investigating neural dynamics at the neurophysiological, hemodynamic, and neurotransmitter levels through data-driven and generative modelling of magnetic resonance imaging and electrophysiological recordings. Outside the lab, I strive to stay active through activities like tennis, skiing and hiking. Being an avid coffee enthusiast, I also enjoy relaxing and camping in a hammock whenever I can.
I am a neuroscientist and an expert on multimodal MRI and interdisciplinary research of (developmental) cognitive neuroscience. Me and my research group study how early life exposures, genes and environment shape the brain structure and function and how these intergenerational factors relate to health and wellbeing. Outside of the academia I swim, trek and enjoy multiple ways of physical exercise. I also enjoy playing football, the king of sports, whenever possible in good company.
I am a postdoctoral researcher with Aaron Alexander-Bloch and Taki Shinohara at the University of Pennsylvania and as part of my work on lifespan brain development work closely with the Cambridge Neuroinformatics group. My research focusses on mapping lifespan brain development with a particular interest in the subcortex, as well as improving our methods for harmonising large-scale aggregated neuroimaging datasets. Outside the lab you can find me rock climbing, hiking, surfing, enjoying music gigs and veggie food.
I am a Research Scientist specializing in Artificial Intelligence at Cambridge University and Meta AI. I am interested in enhancing the capabilities of NeuroImaging through the application of unsupervised and semi-supervised deep learning techniques. I am also passionate about music and play the electric guitar, I like to debate and write articles, and learn new languages!
Alumni
I am working on imaging genetics and its links to psychiatric disorders. More specifically, I investigate the genetic relationship between brain structural MRI phenotypes and schizophrenia. I have experience in working with large-scale imaging and genetic data sets and a wide range of state-of-the art genomic methods.
I am currently integrating information-theoretic metrics for hyperscanning analyses and exploring its theoretical corollaries for the social neurosciences. Previously trained as a social anthropologist, I dedicate myself to bridging interdisciplinary frontiers, combining the social, biological, and computational sciences to explore diverse social human behaviours, from interpersonal coordination to religious and schizotypal cognition to violent extremism and terrorism.
