Plyfaa Suwanamalik-Murphy พลายฟ้า สุวรรณามลิก เมอร์ฟี่

Incoming 1st-year PhD student at UC San Diego investigating how we interact and perceive the external, visual world. Research methods include a focus on eye-tracking/pupillometry and computational methods.

Excited about collaborations that utilize vision & perception research to solve real-world problems. Recently working on website design, using eye patterns and digital interactions to create more responsive environments.

Creating, designing, and building efficiently. Don't hesitate to reach out!

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About

I perceive, therefore I see...
your eyes are windows into the mind

I'm fascinated by the eyes and what they reveal about our perception. I am blending vision science with technology, building robust systems to understand how people see and use the interfaces around them.

I'm an incoming PhD student in Dr. Timothy Brady's Visual and Memory Lab at UC San Diego. Currently, I'm a Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Dr. Peter Bandettini's lab, where I'm investigating how we can control pupil size in real time to improve our perception. Previously, I built decoding pipelines for BCIs as a Simons Foundation Fellow under Dr. Sergey Stavisky, and investigated visual perception at the University of Oxford advised by Dr. Hannah Smithson.

I earned my Bachelor's in Cognitive Science from UC Davis in ~2 years — and spent most of that time learning as much as I could about eye-tracking, EEG, and visual cognition, finding my way into as many research research opportunities as I could.

Plyfaa Suwanamalik-Murphy
Selected NIMH/NIH Lightning Talk Speaker · September 2025

Research

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NSF GRFP Research Proposal · Under Review · 2025 - present

Neural and Behavioral Dynamics of Semantic Congruency in Visual Search

Visual search is an everyday activity where humans effectively integrate multiple sources of information to find relevant objects. Recent evidence demonstrates that semantic congruency, how well an object fits within its scene context, drives overt visual attention. Read more about my proposal here!

In Progress

Interactive

Your movements,
mapped.

Every cursor path is a data point. Move through this website and watch how your cursor movements shape into a constellation. Every person is unique and explores this space differently!


***Your cursor paths are not recorded***

Contact

Let's
chat!

Reach out to talk about vision and perception, collaborations, or just to schedule a coffee chat.

plysuwana@gmail.com
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