About me

Hello! I am just an average dude interested in intersection of philosophy and neuroscience specifically as it relates to consciousness and theory of mind. I have a  Bachelor's of Science in Neuroscience and am a medical student at CHSU COM. I am deeply interested in clinical neurosciences and psychiatry. Specifically, my research interest is in discovering association between traumatic and vascular brain injury with cognitive/ behavioral health. In the past, I have worked as a clinical research assistant at Wayne State School of Medicine, where I utilized neuroimaging and psychophysiology to explore risk and resiliency related to PTSD. In my free time, I make inspirational youtube vidoes, practice japanese sword arts (Iaido), and read philosophy.

Neural and psychological sciences have come a long way to explain many aspects of human cognition and behavior. Yet, it is still unknown how and why specific neural processes necessitate subjective experiences (known as the hard problem of consciousness). In brief, why and how is it that we experience reality in a certain way based on biochemical processes. Thus, my hope is to analyze different philosophies and neuroscientific theories to better explain what it really means to be conscious, and how that relates to neurological illness and psychopathology. I believe there are two themes in this field that we need to address: 1. metacognitive awareness of internal states and 2. Somatic marker hypothesis by Damasio. 

More details can be found in blog on Mind, Brain and Self.