haily merritt, phd
@h-merritt.bsky.social
shape-shifting scholar doing cryptid science. interdependent sociality + brain networks + systems thinking + mental health.
postdoc @ the Network Science Institute, Northeastern University London. 🌈
h-merritt.github.io
postdoc @ the Network Science Institute, Northeastern University London. 🌈
h-merritt.github.io
Pinned
OSF
osf.io
new preprint out!
in this review/perspective paper, we synthesize research across network neuroscience, social neuroscience, and neuroecology to characterize how brain network organization varies across interpersonal social experience.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
in this review/perspective paper, we synthesize research across network neuroscience, social neuroscience, and neuroecology to characterize how brain network organization varies across interpersonal social experience.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
new preprint out!
in this review/perspective paper, we synthesize research across network neuroscience, social neuroscience, and neuroecology to characterize how brain network organization varies across interpersonal social experience.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
in this review/perspective paper, we synthesize research across network neuroscience, social neuroscience, and neuroecology to characterize how brain network organization varies across interpersonal social experience.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
new preprint out!
in this review/perspective paper, we synthesize research across network neuroscience, social neuroscience, and neuroecology to characterize how brain network organization varies across interpersonal social experience.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
in this review/perspective paper, we synthesize research across network neuroscience, social neuroscience, and neuroecology to characterize how brain network organization varies across interpersonal social experience.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
really looking forward to this!!
📅 Mark your calendar!
Join us next Monday, Nov 17 at 11 AM ET, for our next seminar with Dr. Violeta Calleja Solanas (Doñana Biological Station) on time-varying ecological interactions.
See you all there!✨
Join us next Monday, Nov 17 at 11 AM ET, for our next seminar with Dr. Violeta Calleja Solanas (Doñana Biological Station) on time-varying ecological interactions.
See you all there!✨
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
really looking forward to this!!
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📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
yayayay i’m super excited for Maria’s talk next week!
📅 Save the date!
Join us next Monday, Nov 3 at 11 AM EST, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Maria Grazia Puxeddu (Virginia Tech) on brain modularity and aging.
See you all there!✨
Join us next Monday, Nov 3 at 11 AM EST, for another exciting seminar with Dr. Maria Grazia Puxeddu (Virginia Tech) on brain modularity and aging.
See you all there!✨
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
yayayay i’m super excited for Maria’s talk next week!
miss a seminar? no worries, everything is on the WiNS YouTube channel :)
You can find recordings of all our previous seminars on our YouTube channel!
winsseminar
The Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with the aim to promote and showcase research by women in network science.
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
miss a seminar? no worries, everything is on the WiNS YouTube channel :)
super excited for the WiNS book club to start up again! this is what originally convinced me at the beginning of my phd to join WiNS 💖
WiNS Book Club is back!!
Join us for a Happy Hour to plan together:
Oct 8 | 6 PM UK 7 PM CET 1 PM Boston
Open to WiNS members via Slack.
@asteixeira.bsky.social @h-merritt.bsky.social
@wins-society.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/womenin...
Join us for a Happy Hour to plan together:
Oct 8 | 6 PM UK 7 PM CET 1 PM Boston
Open to WiNS members via Slack.
@asteixeira.bsky.social @h-merritt.bsky.social
@wins-society.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/womenin...
Women in Network Science Society - Book Club
The Women in Network Science (WiNS) Book Club is an opportunity to share experiences, reflect on current issues, and connect with one another. This session will be led by Mariana Macedo, Sofia Teixeir...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
super excited for the WiNS book club to start up again! this is what originally convinced me at the beginning of my phd to join WiNS 💖
moving from the midwestern US to London means anything within a 2-3 hour train ride is *super close* as far as i’m concerned.
also, i really enjoy giving talks.
what i’m saying is if your uni is within 3 hours of London i would love to come give a talk and chat about research 😊
also, i really enjoy giving talks.
what i’m saying is if your uni is within 3 hours of London i would love to come give a talk and chat about research 😊
September 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
moving from the midwestern US to London means anything within a 2-3 hour train ride is *super close* as far as i’m concerned.
also, i really enjoy giving talks.
what i’m saying is if your uni is within 3 hours of London i would love to come give a talk and chat about research 😊
also, i really enjoy giving talks.
what i’m saying is if your uni is within 3 hours of London i would love to come give a talk and chat about research 😊
thank you @uobphenomenal.bsky.social for an excellent workshop today! such a diverse and thought-provoking collection of talks, and lovely conversations with fellow attendees. i’m looking forward to the next event!
"Exploring lived experience in mental health", first workshop of the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health.
Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham)
@matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks
Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham)
@matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks
September 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
thank you @uobphenomenal.bsky.social for an excellent workshop today! such a diverse and thought-provoking collection of talks, and lovely conversations with fellow attendees. i’m looking forward to the next event!
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I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
Stomach–brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health - Nature Mental Health
Using a relatively large and diverse sample of mostly young adults, this study by Banellis, Rebollo and colleagues examines associations between regional stomach–brain coupling and mental health and i...
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
the Women in Network Science Seminar Series team will be meeting in the next couple of weeks to begin planning our schedule of speakers for this fall, so it’s not too late to nominate yourself or someone whose work you think is cool!
we’d especially love to support phd students and postdocs :)
we’d especially love to support phd students and postdocs :)
shout out to the organizers of these seminars for a great semester, thank you @gulsahakcakir.bsky.social @elenacandellone.bsky.social and Echo Liu!
if you or someone you know would be a good fit for a future seminar, you can nominate them here docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/... we’d love to have you!
if you or someone you know would be a good fit for a future seminar, you can nominate them here docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/... we’d love to have you!
Nominate a speaker for WiNS Seminar
The Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with the aim to promote and showcase research by women and nonbinary researchers in network science. Attendance is open to e...
docs.google.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the Women in Network Science Seminar Series team will be meeting in the next couple of weeks to begin planning our schedule of speakers for this fall, so it’s not too late to nominate yourself or someone whose work you think is cool!
we’d especially love to support phd students and postdocs :)
we’d especially love to support phd students and postdocs :)
two of my undergraduate degree programs are now gone. fascists want to eliminate the humanities and social sciences because they know those programs provide the skills to recognize and work against fascism. my degrees are more valuable to me now than ever. the youth deserve better.
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
July 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
two of my undergraduate degree programs are now gone. fascists want to eliminate the humanities and social sciences because they know those programs provide the skills to recognize and work against fascism. my degrees are more valuable to me now than ever. the youth deserve better.
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Thrilled to finally share a huge piece of my PhD project!
Our paper “The Topological Architecture of Brain Identity” is now out on bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 1/n
Our paper “The Topological Architecture of Brain Identity” is now out on bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 1/n
June 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thrilled to finally share a huge piece of my PhD project!
Our paper “The Topological Architecture of Brain Identity” is now out on bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 1/n
Our paper “The Topological Architecture of Brain Identity” is now out on bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 1/n
i couldn’t be more thrilled to be joining Sofia’s group as a postdoc and to be working with a brilliant team of people who appreciate the power of our social connections! 💖
It’s happening.
BRAN Lab is here, my first research group.
We explore how and why we connect (and disconnect), using network science, signed networks, ML, and cognitive modeling: from minds to systems, humans to AI, mental health to epidemic prevention.
andreiasofiateixeira.com/branlab/
BRAN Lab is here, my first research group.
We explore how and why we connect (and disconnect), using network science, signed networks, ML, and cognitive modeling: from minds to systems, humans to AI, mental health to epidemic prevention.
andreiasofiateixeira.com/branlab/
BRAN Lab
Bridging Minds, Behavior, and Society through Network Science
andreiasofiateixeira.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
i couldn’t be more thrilled to be joining Sofia’s group as a postdoc and to be working with a brilliant team of people who appreciate the power of our social connections! 💖
had time for a quick sketch of the Brisbane skyline before the start of #OHBM2025
if you’re interested in brain networks, social environment, and multilayer network methods, check out my poster (# 1393) friday & saturday afternoons! 😊
if you’re interested in brain networks, social environment, and multilayer network methods, check out my poster (# 1393) friday & saturday afternoons! 😊
June 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
had time for a quick sketch of the Brisbane skyline before the start of #OHBM2025
if you’re interested in brain networks, social environment, and multilayer network methods, check out my poster (# 1393) friday & saturday afternoons! 😊
if you’re interested in brain networks, social environment, and multilayer network methods, check out my poster (# 1393) friday & saturday afternoons! 😊
on the train to Maastricht very much looking forward to @netsciconf.bsky.social !
for folks who will be there, i’m giving a talk wednesday @ 5pm in the multilayer networks session :)
if you’re around for the satellites, check out the @wins-society.bsky.social satellite wednesday afternoon!
for folks who will be there, i’m giving a talk wednesday @ 5pm in the multilayer networks session :)
if you’re around for the satellites, check out the @wins-society.bsky.social satellite wednesday afternoon!
June 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
on the train to Maastricht very much looking forward to @netsciconf.bsky.social !
for folks who will be there, i’m giving a talk wednesday @ 5pm in the multilayer networks session :)
if you’re around for the satellites, check out the @wins-society.bsky.social satellite wednesday afternoon!
for folks who will be there, i’m giving a talk wednesday @ 5pm in the multilayer networks session :)
if you’re around for the satellites, check out the @wins-society.bsky.social satellite wednesday afternoon!
this is our last talk of the semester, and it’s sure to be a good one!
📅Save the date!
Join us next Monday, May 19, at 11 AM ET for the final seminar of Spring featuring Dr. Izabel Aguiar from the Santa Fe Institute.
We will discuss latent cognitive structures of social networks.
Please note: This seminar was rescheduled due to technical issues.
See you all there! ✨
Join us next Monday, May 19, at 11 AM ET for the final seminar of Spring featuring Dr. Izabel Aguiar from the Santa Fe Institute.
We will discuss latent cognitive structures of social networks.
Please note: This seminar was rescheduled due to technical issues.
See you all there! ✨
May 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
this is our last talk of the semester, and it’s sure to be a good one!
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📅 Save the date!
Join us next Monday, May 5 at 11 AM ET for an exciting seminar with Dr. Anastassia Vybornova (Univ. of Copenhagen) on how urban highways affect social connectivity.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Don't miss it! ✨
Join us next Monday, May 5 at 11 AM ET for an exciting seminar with Dr. Anastassia Vybornova (Univ. of Copenhagen) on how urban highways affect social connectivity.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Don't miss it! ✨
April 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📅 Save the date!
Join us next Monday, May 5 at 11 AM ET for an exciting seminar with Dr. Anastassia Vybornova (Univ. of Copenhagen) on how urban highways affect social connectivity.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Don't miss it! ✨
Join us next Monday, May 5 at 11 AM ET for an exciting seminar with Dr. Anastassia Vybornova (Univ. of Copenhagen) on how urban highways affect social connectivity.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Don't miss it! ✨
successfully defended my dissertation today!
April 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
successfully defended my dissertation today!
excited to be here at #SANS2025 in Chicago! if you’re interested in social support, social networks, and brain networks, come check out my poster this afternoon! i’m p1-f-45 from 3:30-5 😊
April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
excited to be here at #SANS2025 in Chicago! if you’re interested in social support, social networks, and brain networks, come check out my poster this afternoon! i’m p1-f-45 from 3:30-5 😊
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📅 Save the date!
Join us next Monday (April 21st, 11 AM ET) for our next seminar with Dr. Keiko Nomura (@keikonomuraa.bsky.social) from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Don’t miss out! ✨
Join us next Monday (April 21st, 11 AM ET) for our next seminar with Dr. Keiko Nomura (@keikonomuraa.bsky.social) from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Don’t miss out! ✨
April 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📅 Save the date!
Join us next Monday (April 21st, 11 AM ET) for our next seminar with Dr. Keiko Nomura (@keikonomuraa.bsky.social) from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Don’t miss out! ✨
Join us next Monday (April 21st, 11 AM ET) for our next seminar with Dr. Keiko Nomura (@keikonomuraa.bsky.social) from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Don’t miss out! ✨
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🚀 We’re officially on Bluesky! 💙 The Women in Network Science (WiNS) Society connects and supports network scientists who identify as underrepresented genders in the field. Follow us for updates on events, opportunities, and exciting research from our community!
#NetworkScience #WiNS
#NetworkScience #WiNS
February 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🚀 We’re officially on Bluesky! 💙 The Women in Network Science (WiNS) Society connects and supports network scientists who identify as underrepresented genders in the field. Follow us for updates on events, opportunities, and exciting research from our community!
#NetworkScience #WiNS
#NetworkScience #WiNS
The priority deadline for the WiNS satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social is Feb 17! We will be giving out two Best Submission awards, which come with fee remission for satellite registration 🏆
submit here: forms.gle/7t2Yg4ebrny2...
more info on the satellite here: sites.google.com/view/womenin...
submit here: forms.gle/7t2Yg4ebrny2...
more info on the satellite here: sites.google.com/view/womenin...
📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀
⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳&𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details
netsci2025.github.io/satellites/
⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳&𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details
netsci2025.github.io/satellites/
February 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The priority deadline for the WiNS satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social is Feb 17! We will be giving out two Best Submission awards, which come with fee remission for satellite registration 🏆
submit here: forms.gle/7t2Yg4ebrny2...
more info on the satellite here: sites.google.com/view/womenin...
submit here: forms.gle/7t2Yg4ebrny2...
more info on the satellite here: sites.google.com/view/womenin...
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📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀
⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳&𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details
netsci2025.github.io/satellites/
⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳&𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details
netsci2025.github.io/satellites/
February 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀
⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳&𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details
netsci2025.github.io/satellites/
⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳&𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details
netsci2025.github.io/satellites/
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And here we go! First position on my ERC grant is officially open. Fully funded 3.5 years PhD position at NetSI London working with me and the @nplab.bsky.social on modeling and reconstructing higher-order systems.
Application deadline: 16th February 2025.
Bring your A game!
Application deadline: 16th February 2025.
Bring your A game!
January 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And here we go! First position on my ERC grant is officially open. Fully funded 3.5 years PhD position at NetSI London working with me and the @nplab.bsky.social on modeling and reconstructing higher-order systems.
Application deadline: 16th February 2025.
Bring your A game!
Application deadline: 16th February 2025.
Bring your A game!
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I’m looking for a new PhD student with a curious and interdisciplinary mindset to work on integrating multimodal data to better understand trajectories of mental and brain health disorders!
Deadline of applications: Feb 16!
Please spread the word.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO680/f...
Deadline of applications: Feb 16!
Please spread the word.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO680/f...
Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Network Science at Northeastern University London
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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January 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I’m looking for a new PhD student with a curious and interdisciplinary mindset to work on integrating multimodal data to better understand trajectories of mental and brain health disorders!
Deadline of applications: Feb 16!
Please spread the word.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO680/f...
Deadline of applications: Feb 16!
Please spread the word.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO680/f...