People

Principal Investigator

Romy Frömer is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Following a one-year postdoc with Professor Abdel Rahman at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, she worked with Amitai Shenhav at Brown University as a postdoctoral fellow and subsequently senior research associate. She joined University of Birmingham as an Assistant Professor in January 2023. 

Lab Manager

Anwesha Chakraborty joined us in August. After completing her MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from University of Nottingham, she worked as a research assistant in multiple MEG, eye-tracking and fMRI projects. Currently, Anwesha is interested in age-related decision neuroscience & exploring dynamic effort evaluation using neuroimaging methods.

PhD student

Ruby Schleyer-Westbrook is a first year PhD student in Psychology. She completed her BSc in Psychology from University of Birmingham. After a few years in the third sector, where she designed and managed bespoke oracy training workshops across the UK, Ruby is now returning to academia to pursue her doctoral studies. Her research interests lie in understanding  decision making processes.  

Post-doctoral Researcher

Rumandeep Hayre is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. She completed her undergraduate & postgraduate studies at the University of Nottingham. Since then, she joined the University of Birmingham where she completed a 3-year postdoc with Melissa Colloff. Her research interests include cognitive control, metacognition, computational modelling and neuroimaging techniques. 

Placement Student

Alyina Khan joined us during her BSc in Neuroscience at Aston University. She is passionate about cognitive neuroscience, particularly the links between brain health, lifestyle, and decision-making. A keen puzzle enthusiast, she enjoys tackling complex jigsaws.

Qiuyao Fan (Andrea)

Research Volunteer

PhD Student

This could be you! We are actively recruiting PhD students. If you are interested in joining the lab, please email Romy.

Lab Alumni

Louise Robson (SURE student)

Daniil Luzyanin - former lab manager, is now persueing a PhD at University of Reading

Bethan Jones (Summer Placement Student)