I consider myself a human geographer and social scientist with a strong interest in interdisciplinary research. My current research investigates how determinants at multiple levels鈥攏eighborhood, family, and individual鈥攊nteract dynamically to shape mental health trajectories over the life course. I focus particularly on conceptualizing neighborhood environments through multiple distinct but interrelated domains (e.g., green space, air pollution, noise, socioeconomic deprivation, social fragmentation, and insecurity), integrating environmental dynamics with a life-course perspective (the sensitive period, accumulation, and social mobility mechanisms), and exploring cross-level interactions to assess whether adolescents with different personalities and family environments experience neighborhood environments differently.
I am currently a joint PhD candidate in the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning (Urban Geography) and the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science (Youth Studies). My PhD research is based on the study, a longitudinal, multidisciplinary study of the psychological and social development of adolescents and young adults for over 20 years.