I studied at the University of Manchester and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield before joining Sussex as a lecturer in 2013.

My core research interest is self-regulation, and how it interacts with emotional, physical and social functioning. This interest has led me to explore various lines of research across cognitive, social, and health psychology.

I currently lead a workstream of the ESRC-NIHR funded DETERMIND project which aims to find out more about the impact of emotion regulation on decision making and quality of life for people with dementia and their carers.