I am a robotics and AI engineer on a mission to use technology to improve the lives and well-being of humans. I am currently a PhD student at I-X and the Department of Computing, Imperial College London, where I am exploring the use of robotics and AI to empower persons with limited functional independence, such as persons with dementia, to live independently in their homes.

Outside of my research activities, I engage as a speaker and provide consultancy for tech startups. I am passionate about diversity and technology ethics. At Imperial, I am a member of the Equality, Diversity and Culture Committee (EDCC). I am the only student member of the Science, Engineering and Technology Research Ethics Committee (SETREC) that oversees non-health-related research at the institution. To improve the student experience, I co-organise the Imperial Computing Conference held twice yearly with keynote speakers from industry and academia. I am also the PhD Representative of my cohort

I have vast experience in technological design and software development with industry experience at organisations such as Microsoft, SAP and PGIM Ireland. At these organisations, I explored aspects of cloud and data technology, as well as enterprise and consumer software used by millions of users.

I was previously a researcher at the Bristol Robotics Lab where I completed a master’s in research in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Besides my research, I am an advocate for sustainability. I share my ideas through avenues such as the St. Gallen Symposium where my essay was ranked in the top 25/700+ essays globally.

News

[05/2025] Paper titled “WhisperD: Dementia Speech Recognition and Filler Word Detection with Whisper” accepted at Interspeech conference.

[04/2025] Paper titled “User-Centered Design of Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) for People Living with Dementia” accepted in International Journal of Social Robotics.

[02/2025] Finalist for AI Champion of the Year 2025 at Black Tech Achievements Awards.

[12/2024] Paper titled “Co-Designing In-home Social Robots for Long-Term iCST” given Honourable Mention for the HRI Pioneers 2025.

[12/2024] Paper titled “Social Group Human-Robot Interaction: A Scoping Review of Computational Challenges” accepted at HRI conference.

[10/2024] Featured in I-X blogpost.

[02/2024] Workshop paper accepted in the Ageing in Place workshop at the Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Conference 2024 in Colorado, U.S.

[11/2023] IEEE-RAS Travel Grant for the International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) in Texas, U.S.