Hi there! I'm Adani :)

I’m a first-year Ph.D. student at Stanford University, where I’m advised by the wonderful Prof. Hyowon Gweon! Until recently, I was a visiting research scholar in the Bonawitz CoCoDev Lab at Harvard University and a master’s student at LMU Munich, Germany. I was born and raised in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and completed college there.

I’m interested in (modeling) children’s developing minds, particularly the processes and cognitive mechanisms by which they construct an understanding of the physical world around them, and a conception of themselves as agents in that world. You can see (some of) my past and current projects here.

In my past life, I spent almost all my hours playing video games. Nowadays, I like to hike/wander around and photograph my surroundings, read and write, and dabble in small web design / information curation projects (such as this website). I’m also always looking to learn more about philosophy, statistical modeling & graphics, and science communication! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you share any of these interests!