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I am currently a senior postdoctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow. My research involves designing, simulating, fabricating, and testing neuromodulation devices with a diverse range of modalities, including optogenetic, magnetic, and thermal. I go from using state-of-the-art software to simulate device performance in full human body models, to cleanroom nanofabrication, and in-vivo testing of device prototypes with a broad range of talented collaborators in engineering, neuroscience, and computing science. My latest research proposal involves designing the first optogenetic brain implant for chronic pain treatment.

I investigate the functionality of brain and spinal cord sensory circuits in healthy/chronic pain rodents and humans. My labs translational experiments focus on addressing the problem of failure when it comes to the discovery of novel analgesics. To address invalid targets, our pre-clinical work focuses on defining circuitry in health/pinpointing dysfunction in disease. To address limitations of currently used methods to assess pain, our clinical work focuses on translational paradigms and appropriate stratification of patients into cohorts.