About Me

I am a neuroscientist interested in how the brain interprets signals from the body and how these processes shape emotions, decision-making, and conscious experience. My research focuses on interoception—the perception of internal bodily sensations—and how disruptions in brain–body communication contribute to persistent pain conditions such as fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

I graduated from the Sussex Neuroscience PhD Programme at the University of Sussex, where I worked with Professors Theodora Duka and Hugo Critchley  to investigate the emotional and physiological mechanisms underlying impulsive behaviour. I then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Royal Holloway, University of London, working with Professor Manos Tsakiris on interoception, decision-making, and the neural mechanisms that support our awareness of internal bodily states.

Subsequently, I was awarded a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowship, during which I investigated how persistent pain influences everyday decision-making and treatment-related behaviours. This work was conducted in collaboration with Professor Tasha Stanton at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

I am currently an Assistant Professor (DSc Habil.) at the Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, where I continue to explore the relationship between the body and the brain using behavioural, neuroimaging, and computational approaches. My goal is to better understand how altered bodily processing shapes cognition, behaviour, and health, and how this knowledge can contribute to improving the lives of people living with chronic pain.