I am interested in how environmental factors contribute to individual differences in adolescents’ social-cognitive development and well-being. As part of my postdoc within GUTS, I will investigate how socioeconomic status relates to adolescents’ daily stress and resilience, using experience sampling methods (ESM).

During my PhD, I studied the bidirectional interplay between the peer environment and the development of empathy, perspective-taking, and self-regulation in early adolescence, combining behavioral tasks and neuroimaging techniques. Towards the end of my PhD, I started to also work as a lecturer. During this time, I discovered how much I enjoy working with students and sharing my passion for research methodology and developmental psychology.