Hello
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
I direct the Personality, Mental Health, and AI research laboratory,
teach graduate and undergraduate courses in psychology, and provide empirically supported psychotherapy.
Before my career as a psychologist, I was a DJ for six years.
My Education
Postdoctoral Research
Stony Brook University Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
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Ph.D. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Internship: University of Kentucky Internship Consortium
M.S. Villanova University, Villanova, PA
General Experimental Psychology
B.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Music Business
Awards and Honors
2025 Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science
2021 NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
2021 Emerging Scholar Award, Association for Research in Personality
2020 Michael T. Nietzel Award for Outstanding Graduate Student,
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
2017 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institute on Aging
2017 Poster Award, International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
2016 Outstanding Pre-Doctoral Research Award, Department of Psychology,
University of Kentucky
Courses Taught
Graduate: Clinical Science: Psychological Assessment, Personality Assessment,
Research Design and Analysis
Undergraduate: Psychopathology, Psychological Disorders
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Research Grants
Longer Life Foundation Pilot Grant 10/2025—11/2026
Department of Medicine, WashU
"AI-Driven Mortality Prediction: integrating Biological, Psychosocial, and Linguistic Predictors of Mortality Using Deep Learning Transformer Models"
Description: Develop predictive models that integrate and compare biological (e.g., blood-based biomarkers) and psychosocial (e.g., personality) variables with life narrative language to predict mortality risk, ultimately contributing to more effective prevention and care strategies for older adults.
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Here and Next Seed Grant 06/2025—06/2026
WashU AI for Health Institute
"Advancing Psychological Assessment with Computer Vision AI"
Role: Principal Investigator
Description: Interdisciplinary (psychology and computer science) seed grant to develop multimodal AI for personality and psychopathology from behavior in clinical interview video recordings.
Collaborator: Dr. Nathan Jacobs, Professor of Computer Science, WashU.
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NARSAD Young Investigator Award 01/2022 — 01/2026
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
"Detecting PTSD in Natural Language"
Role: Principal Investigator
This project will develop AI-based language scores for PTSD in 3,000 World Trade Center (WTC) responders. These tools may facilitate screening and care by providing behavioral PTSD markers and informing prognosis and monitoring of treatment response, while simultaneously reducing assessment time demands.
F31 AG055233 05/2017—05/2020
National Institute on Aging
"A Longitudinal Investigation of Maladaptive Personality Traits as Reported by the Self and Others in the Prediction of Physical Health"
Role: Principal Investigator
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Fellowship
This study examines the predictive utility of maladaptive personality traits for physical health in a longitudinal study of a representative sample of older adults. The goal is to develop scientific understanding of the relationships between maladaptive personality traits and health across time.