ABOUT ME

I am a neuroscientist specializing in sleep and dream research, with a focus on lucid dreaming and dream engineering. I study how conscious experience unfolds during sleep and how dreams can be experimentally explored, influenced, and better understood using physiological methods and immersive technologies such as virtual reality.

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One of the things I find most special about dream research is that it is so collaborative. Dreamers and researchers work together to explore a world that only the dreamer can directly experience. This makes the process social, intimate, and often surprisingly fun. We sit together and reconstruct what happened during the night, trying to understand sensations, actions, and moments of awareness that occurred in a completely different state of consciousness. I love that this work is not done on people, but with them. It feels like a shared exploration of something deeply human.

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I have always been drawn to the strange and bizarre states of the human mind. Dreams constantly challenge our sense of what is real, what is possible, and who we are. I get a lot of energy from diving into these questions and trying to understand them. I also genuinely love talking about this topic. Seeing people become curious, their excitement grow, and realize dreams are studied scientifically is one of the most rewarding parts of my work.

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Alongside my research, I care deeply about making dream science accessible beyond academia. Through talks and media contributions, I share this world with broader audiences and connect with people from different fields. I am also strongly interested in the intersection between science and art, and in finding ways to communicate and explore subjective experience through both scientific and creative approaches.