Research

Undergraduate Researcher

UofT iSchool - COoKIE Lab - Supervisor: Prof. Anastasia Kuzminykh
Sep 2025 - Present

Leading a study to develop a validation rubric for benchmarks measuring ToM in LLMs, addressing gaps in how cognitive abilities are evaluated in Human-like AI systems.
Synthesizing Psychometric literature to produce a framework that can be used to assess LLM Benchmark tasks.

UofT Department of Computer Science - IAI Lab
May 2026 - Present

Contributing to development and deployment of a hybrid recommender system that combines contextual multi-armed bandits with LLMs for adaptive mental health interventions in collaboration with Researchers at Standford University.
Contributed to a systematic literature review for a response-adaptive biostatistical research initiative by serving as a double-blind reviewer, independently screening studies and synthesizing qualitative findings that shaped study design decisions.

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - Wisdom & Identity Lab
May - Sep 2025

Translated moral injury subcomponents into a predictive processing framework within cognitive science.
Produced structured, publication-quality literature reviews under tight academic deadlines.
Synthesized clinically coded interview data to identify moral injury subcomponents distinct from PTSD.