––––––––––– Current Position
2026 Postdoctoral Researcher, Macquarie University
2025 – present Research Consultant – Cognition All the Way Up, Macquarie University
––––––––––– Former Postdoctoral Positions
2024 – 2025 Research Associate, University of Cambridge, Institute of Technology and Humanity, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
2023 – 2024 Biology of Cognition Postdoctoral Fellow, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institute of Philosophy II
2021 – 2023 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institute of Philosophy II
––––––––––– Professional Affiliations
2025 – present Affiliate at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
––––––––––– Areas of Interest
- AOS Philosophy of Cognitive Science and AI, Philosophy of Biology
- AOC Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Epistemology
––––––––––– Education
2017 – 2021 PhD, University of Edinburgh.
- Examination Committee: Professor Eva Jablonka (Hebrew University; London School of Economics); Dr Alistair Isaac (University of Edinburgh): doctorate awarded with no corrections.
- Supervisors: Professor Andy Clark, Dr David Ward, and Dr Julian Kiverstein
2016 – 2017 MSc, Philosophy by research, University of Edinburgh: graduated with distinction.
2012 – 2016 BA, Honours in philosophy University of London, graduated with first-class honours.
–––––––––– Visiting Positions
2018 RA, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (Rome)
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