For motor/communication disorders, manifold-aligned interfaces could help extend accessibility. For mental health, incremental manifold-aware approaches may outperform blunter interventions. Broadly: understanding the natural structure of our minds may be key to improving them.

I feel incredibly privileged to have a brilliant and generous set of mentors behind me - from my advisor Nick Turk-Browne @WuTsaiYale to my many mentors: @KrishnaswamyLab, Arielle Baskin-Sommers, BJ Casey, and @haxbylab. I cannot express enough gratitude to them & so many others

Identifying robust biomarkers requires methods that capture the complexity of the brain and behavior. Two approaches we explore: 🔧 Functional alignment - aligns brain function not just anatomy 🔧 Manifold learning - captures nonlinear brain-behavior relationships