Research Projects: The Neurometric Test-Battery, a neurometric approach to cognitive aging, prediction of psychiatric disorders in a large pediatric sample, using AI to identify digital markers for health, AI-based scoring of a neuropsychological test, NLP as a screening test for psychosis, real-life activity tracking as a pre-screening tool for pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's disease, etc.
Research Experience
Since 2022: Associate Professor, University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
2016-2022: Assistant Professor with "tenure track", University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
2013–2015: Endeavor Scientist, Child Mind Institute, New York (USA); Postdoctoral Researcher, City College of New York, New York (USA)
2012–2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston (USA)
Background
Research Interests: Human brain and behavioral plasticity, and the development of new research methods. Specialized in EEG analysis methods, AI-based eye-tracking ("DeepEye"), enriching Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods, etc.
Miscellany
The team is exploring these scientific questions using a variety of psychological and neuroscientific methods including Electroencephalography (EEG), Structural and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (sMRI & fMRI), Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), Oculomotor and Pupillometry (eye-tracking), Psychophysiology (ECG, EDA), Acoustic Voice Recordings and Voice Analysis, Tablet-based Experiments, and Laboratory/Behavioral Experiments.