About Me

I am a cognitive neuroscientist exploring the intricate relationships between brain function, memory processes, and musical cognition through advanced neuroimaging techniques. My research leverages computational models and innovative methodologies to uncover the neural mechanisms that underpin memory formation and learning.

My Research

My work sits at the interdisciplinary crossroads of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and music theory, employing fMRI and other neuroimaging tools to investigate how musical stimuli influence memory encoding, consolidation and retrieval. I'm particularly interested in how music scaffolds learning complex event series or rules, as well as how music could modulate human emotional memory. Working across multiple research topics, I aim to develop music interventions to improve memory and modulate emotion in both healthy and aging populations.

Education Background

I received my bachelor's degree from Boston University, studying psychology and neuroscience. I worked in Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab for two years post-graudation [PI: Dr. Chantal Stern] and researched the hippocampal-striatum's contribution to human rule learning using fMRI. After that, I gained my master's and Ph.D. in Cognitive Brain Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a minor in Machine Learning in Neuroimaging. My doctoral research with Dr. Thackery Brown focused on using music to improve visual sequential memory. Through this work, I discovered interesting brain network reconfiguration patterns and enhanced memory processing during learning with musical stimuli.

Projects

Currently, I'm investigating additional applications of music in improving memory functions, including spatial memory and associative learning. My goal is to explore music's potential in various settings including educational, clinical, and commercial environments.

Personal Interests

Beyond my research, I'm passionate about music, exercise, traveling, and fashion. I have a chubby British Shorthair cat (Senbei仙贝) who supervised my research and reviewed all my papers.

I currently live in Boston, MA, USA, remotely working as a Post-doc for GT.