Alumni and collaborators

Dr Reem Al-Jawahiri, PhD
Reem completed her PhD on EEG brain activity of 16p11.2 deletion and duplication carriers in October 2019.

Dr Chloe Lane, PhD
Chloe completed her PhD on Sotos syndrome in October 2017. She then went on to work as a post-doc in the ShARL lab on projects aimed at improving understanding of Silver-Russell syndrome, Tatton-Brown Rahman syndrome and Weaver syndrome, funded by the Child Growth Foundation and Baily Thomas. Chloe also worked on a project on the sensory profiles of genetic syndromes associated with autism. Chloe took up a permanent post as a researcher at the Tavistock Research Centre (NHS) in October 2019.

Dr Alexandra Leedham, DClinPsy
Alex completed her DClin research project within the ShARL lab in 2019. The project investigated the lived experiences of women who had received a diagnosis on the autism spectrum over the age of 40 years. Alex is now working as a clinical psychologist for the Chesterfield NHS trust.

Dr Stehpanie Dunn, PhD
Stephanie completed her PhD on "Neural Markers of Attention" in October 2015. She also worked as a post-doctoral researcher with Liz on a project that investigated neural markers of anomalous perception which she completed in 2018. Stephanie then took up a permanent lectureship at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Dr Caroline Treweek, PhD
Caroline completed her PhD on improving public perceptions of Autism in October 2018.

Dr Abby Dickinson, PhD
Abby completed her PhD on Visual perception in Autism Spectrum Conditions in October 2015. She took up a post-doctoral position at UCLA in March 2016

Dr Ben Dornan, PhD
Ben completed his PhD on using EEG to measure neural activity in the default mode network in August 2014. He is now working as a Causeway Associate in Computer Science at the Royal Institution.

Leandra Hawarden
Leandra graduated from our Psychology undergraduate degree in 2013 and worked as an intern in the lab during 2014 while also working as an autism support worker. She is currently studying medicine in Sheffield Medical School.

Dr Holly Johnson, DClinPsy
Dr Johnson completed her DClinPsy thesis entitled “Investigating the cognitive heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorder” in the lab in 2014. She is now working as a clinical psychologist in Sheffield Adult Autism and Neurodevelopmental Service.

Dr Jen Gallagher, DClinPsy
Dr Gallagher completed her DClinPsy thesis entitled “Exploring Autism Spectrum Disorders: parental experiences of diagnosis and the behavioural heterogeneity within the spectrum” in the lab in 2013. She is now working as a clinical psychologist in the Whittington Hospital NHS trust in North London.

Dr Tom Bullock, PhD
Tom Bullock completed his PhD on the effects of perceptual, cognitive, and emotional load on perception in August 2012. He is now working as a post-doctoral researcher in the Attention Lab at UCSB.

Dr Natalie Taylor, clinical psychologist
Dr Taylor completed her DClinPsy thesis entitled “Audiovisual integration in autism spectrum disorders” in the lab in 2009. After working as a clinical psychologist in Sheffield and Chesterfield Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, she is now working in the Autism Association of Western Australia.

Dr Hwan Cui Koh, PhD
Dr Koh was a PhD student in the lab between 2006 and 2009. Her thesis title was “Visual perception in autism spectrum disorders”. She is now working as a Psychologist at the Department of Child Development, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.

Angela Nyhout, visiting researcher
Ms Nyhout worked in the lab between 2008 and 2009, investigating links between resting state EEG indices, executive function and theory of mind. She is now studying for a PhD at The University of Waterloo, Canada.

Dr Alison Scope, PhD
Dr Scope was a post-doctoral research associate in the lab between 2005 and 2007, investigating visual processing in ASD. She is now working as a Research Associate at the School of Health and Related Research, Sheffield.

Dr Richard Smith, Senior clinical psychologist, Sheffield Adult Autism and Neurodevelopmental Service.

Suzanne Eusman, Autism Plus.

Dr David Buckley, Dr Charlotte Codina and Dr Helen Griffiths, Academic Ophthalmology and Orthoptics Unit, University of Sheffield.

Dr Nicole David, Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.

Dr Tom Foulsham, University of Essex.

Dr Nicoal Gregory, University of Bournemouth.

Professor Scott Makeig and colleagues, Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, UCSD.

Dr Marcin Szczerbinksi, Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield.

Dr Danielle Ropar and Dr Elizabeth Sheppard, University of Nottingham.