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Prizes and Awards

30th Experimental Psychology Award for distinguished early career contribution to psychology

University Excellence Awards, 2025, Best postgraduate supervisor

Research Overview

Face perception is central to human social life, affecting how we recognise our friends, fall in love, and even whom we trust. My research investigates how we perceive others when we meet them for the first time. My lab aim to understand the influence of stereotypes, individual differences, cultural learning and development on face perception.

I also have wider interests in understanding how and why we trust others, as well as advances in AI face generation and recognition.

My research has been funded by the ARC, ESRC, British Psychological Society, Experimental Psychological Society and Brain.

Funding and Grants

• ARC Discovery Project (DP260100208, 2026-2030; with Amy Dawel, David White, Gelareh Mohammdi, James Dunn, Zak Witkower, Alice O'Toole)
• ARC Discovery Project (DP220101026, 2022-2025; with Romina Palermo, Amy Dawel, Jason Bell, Eva Krumhuber)
• ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (2019)
• ARC Discovery Project (DP170104602, 2017-2019; with Gill Rhodes, Romina Palermo and Andy Young)
• ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders Postdoc Exchange Scheme (2017)
• ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders Cross Program grant (2016)
• Brain, EPS, ESRC, ARC, PsyPAG, and BPS assorted research, travel and dissemination funding (2009-2026)
• ESRC Student Internship (Cybercrime, Home Office, 2012-2013)
• ESRC 1+3 Studentship (University of York, 2010-2014)

Teaching Responsibilities

PG

Current Topics in Psychological Science

Social Psychology

UG

Social Psychology, Third Year

Face Recognition, Fourth Year Specialist Option

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

The Psychology of Face AI