What do I do right now?

I am currently on medical leave.
I recently published an online book of career advice for academic psychology.

Prior to my medical leave, I achieved candiacy in my PhD at the University of Toronto. As a PhD Candidate, all I have left is writing and defending my dissertation.

My PhD research focuses on meta-awareness and attention. See my about page for more on that.

I also study psychedelics. I published some of the first research on psychedelic microdosing and our team recently finished the first Canadian Clinical Trial on psilocybin microdosing. I co-founded the Canadian Centre for Psychedelic Science with Rotem Petranker. I also co-founded the Psychedelic Studies Research Program at the University of Toronto.

Feel free to reach out or check out my CV.

Content I’m currently enjoying

Books - Fiction

• Joseph Heller - Catch-22
• Glen Duncan - By Blood We Live
• Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Before the Coffee Gets Cold
• Amor Towles - A Gentleman in Moscow
• Laurence Sterne - Tristram Shandy

Books - Non-Fiction

• Michel de Montaigne - Essays
• How Learning Works by Susan A. Ambrose et. al
• Teaching at Its Best by Linda B. Nilson
• Julian Jaynes - The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
• Judea Pearl - Causality

Courses

• Richard McElreath - Statistical Rethinking

Updated 2026-03-15