I am a Lecturer in Substance Use at the University of Stirling. I have a BSc in Kinesiology (2017) from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, an MSc in Brain Sciences (2019) from the University of Glasgow, and a PhD in Addiction Psychology/Data Science (2024) from the University of Dundee, where I studied psychosocial factors influencing addiction recovery. Previously, I worked as a research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus in Dresden Germany, undertaking research concerning Pavlovian influences on instrumental behaviour.