Cognitive sciences

Saloni Krishnan

Member since 2023

Occupation: Reader at University College London

I want to work across disciplines to improve the UK's research culture, enhancing inclusivity and creating an incentive structure that recognises rigour.

Bio

Saloni Krishnan leads the N-CoDe Lab. Her research focuses on brain differences in childhood communication disorders, such as developmental language disorder (DLD) or dyslexia. She takes an interdisciplinary research approach, bringing together psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience. Saloni currently hold an Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award and an MRC New Investigator Research Grant. She won the 2021 Neil O’Connor Award from the British Psychological Society and was named a Rising Star by the Association of Psychological Sciences in 2022.

Roles

  • Project Co-Lead (THRIVE)
  • THRIVE Project Team

Interests

  • EDI process improvements
  • Education, ages 5-11
  • Engaging under-represented audiences
  • Open data
  • Research culture
  • Research translation
  • Societal impact of research
  • Systemic bias
  • Young women in STEM
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