Understanding relationships and human behaviour.
I’m a PhD candidate in Social and Personality Psychology at York University, where I am also pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Methods. I study how people evaluate potential partners, how romantic connection develops, and which early experiences may shape the relationships that follow. I also collaborate on quantitative and child and adolescent mental health research at SickKids.
Research across
psychology.
My research centres on romantic attraction and relationship development. Quantitative methodology is a central part of that work and also connects me with collaborators studying youth mental health and other questions in psychology.
Relationship science
How people evaluate potential partners, experience chemistry, and decide whether to pursue a relationship.
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Quantitative methods
Psychological measurement, dyadic and longitudinal models, simulation, and reproducible analysis in R.
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Youth mental health
Statistical research on depression, cognition, family relationships, and digital life among children and adolescents.
Explore mental health work ↗From first impressions
to longer-term outcomes.
Why does someone who seems ideal on paper inspire little attraction, while an unexpected connection grows? How do perceptions of a partner and experiences together change across conversations and dates? These are the questions at the centre of my relationship research.
I study them using speed-date evaluations, partner reports, daily diaries, and scale development. I also bring many of these quantitative approaches to collaborative studies of mental health.
How I work with data ↗What do we mean by chemistry?
My seven-study doctoral program develops and evaluates the Romantic Chemistry (RoCh) Scale. Rather than treating chemistry as an unexplained spark, the measure assesses five related experiences of connection. Studies with couples also examine the extent to which partners share these perceptions and how chemistry relates to their daily experiences.
Explore the preprint ↗Preprint · Not yet peer reviewed
Selected publications.
Inspiring better relationships? Trait charisma, conflict resolution, and relationship satisfaction
Personality Science
Journal article ↗ Quantitative methods 2025A renewal of dyadic structural equation modeling with latent variables
Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Journal article ↗ Mental health research 2026Depression and cognition in adolescents: Cross-sectional and longitudinal effects
Journal of Affective Disorders
Journal article ↗Interested in working together?
I enjoy working with researchers on questions about relationships, measurement, dyadic or longitudinal data, and youth mental health.