Meet the team

We are a team of academic researchers based at Loughborough University, UK, in the Department of Mathematics Education. Our work is generously supported by the Higher Education Innovation Fund and the Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership.

Current team members

Dr Kinga Morsanyi

Dr Morsanyi is a Reader in Mathematical Cognition, with a specialist interest in high-level thinking processes, and both the typical and atypical development of cognitive skills, and especially mathematics skills. You can read more about her background and research interests here.

Professor Korbinian Moeller

Professor Moeller’s research focuses on the cognitive and neural underpinnings of mathematical skills. He pursues these interests employing the latest behavioural (e.g., eye-tracking) and neuro-cognitive methods (e.g., fMRI/DTI, computational modelling) in experimental but also cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. You can read more about Professor Moeller’s background and research interests here.

Jessica Maisey

Having completed her BSc in Psychology in 2022, and MSc in Social Science Research in 2024 at Loughborough University, Jessica is currently a PhD researcher in Mathematical Cognition. Jessica’s research focus is on standardising Numeralis for secondary school students. She is also actively collaborating with the Dyscalculia Network on designing resources related to dyscalculia for schoolteachers.

George Thoma

With a BSc in Mathematics (University of Ioannina, Greece), MA in Mathematics Education (University of East Anglia, UK) — and a couple years teaching secondary mathematics — George completed his PhD at Loughborough University. With a focus on mathematics education through technology, his research has been on problem-solving, fractions, and video games.

External collaborators

Dr Natalia Dubinkina

Dr Dubinkina holds a Masters degree from Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and a PhD from KU Leuven, Belgium. She has a specialist expertise in ordering and sequencing skills, and in the emotional factors affecting mathematics performance, such as math and test anxiety. Dr Dubinkina had worked as a Research Associate on the Numeralis project at Loughborough University, before starting her current Research Associate position at Moscow State University.