About Me
Researcher, developer, and sometime colourist working at the edges of perception and time.
Who I Am
I am an ESRC-funded PhD researcher in the Vision and Time Lab at the University of Leicester. My work sits at the intersection of visual perception, timing, attention, and social cognition, with a current focus on how brief differences in gaze duration shape social perception.
My PhD examines whether socially meaningful timing is best understood as one broad timing ability, a set of duration-sensitive channels, or a partly distinct architecture shaped by the social relevance of gaze. I use psychophysics, eye tracking, experimental task design, and computational modelling to investigate individual differences in these processes.
Alongside my doctoral work, I develop ProtocolDock, a full-stack research operations and LaTeX writing platform. The project reflects my wider interest in research infrastructure: how complex projects, documents, protocols, version histories, and governance records can be made clearer and more usable.
Academic Journey
In Progress
ESRC PhD Researcher in Psychology
University of Leicester | Vision and Time LabESRC-funded doctoral research examining individual differences in socially relevant timing, with a focus on the brief sub-second intervals that shape gaze perception, facial dynamics, and rapid social cues. The project uses psychophysics, eye-tracking, experimental task design, and computational modelling to investigate whether timing sensitivity reflects a single general mechanism or a more structured set of duration-specific processes. Current work develops behavioural paradigms for measuring gaze-duration perception and comparing individual-differences structure across social and non-social timing tasks. The project is designed as a rolling multi-experiment programme, combining online psychophysical testing with planned laboratory-based eye-tracking work to examine performance, order effects, task structure, and latent timing architecture. Supervisors: Dr Aurelio Bruno, Prof Neil Roach and Dr Richard Leadbeater.
In Progress ESRC Funded2025
MRes in Psychology (Research Methods)
University of LeicesterModules: Advanced Research Methods (PS7601); Professional Research Skills (PS7602); MRes Project (PS7603). Project: Simulating the effect of visual instability on reading skill.
Dec 2021
PGCert in Research Training
University of Derby2021
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience — First Class
University of LeicesterProject: Renewal of Overexpectation in Humans. Centenary Scholar Award.
First Class Centenary Scholar2018
Access to HE Diploma in Social Sciences
Further Education45 credits at Distinction.
DistinctionResearch Experience
Present
ESRC PhD Researcher
University of Leicester — Vision and Time LabPsychophysics and eye-tracking research into individual differences in socially relevant timing.
2026
Impact of Intra-Saccadic Displacements on Reading Performance
Department of Psychology and Vision Sciences University of LeicesterSimulated visual instability research to identify behavioural strategies employed to compensate.
Mar 2021
Research Assistant
University of LeicesterAversive learning and avoidance behaviour in aquatic flatworms. Conditioned Place Avoidance protocol.
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
Python Libraries
R Packages
Eye-Tracking
Statistical Methods
Other Tools
Industry Experience
Research & Development Manager
Amazon Textiles GroupDyeing and printing protocol development, safety and performance validation, laboratory testing.
Senior Colourist
Approved Amazon Screen PrintersColour accuracy, consistency assurance, and quality control across substrates.