CV
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
University of Rochester, USA
- Biomedical Engineering - Neuroscience/NeuroEngineering
- Adviser: Ross K. Maddox
- Thesis: Neural Encoding of Musical Acoustics and Higher Order Features Across the Human Auditory System
M.Sc.
Northwestern University, USA
- Biostatistics
B.S.
Sichuan University, China
- Medical Imaging
Certificate
The Erdos Institute
- Data Science Boot Camp
- Deep Learning Boot Camp
Certificate
DeepLearning.AI & Stanford University
- Machine Learning Specialization
EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Medicine
- Lead independent and collaborative research on neural mechanisms of speech communication and social interaction
- Conduct NIH-funded studies on speaker-listener brain coupling and auditory temporal integration during naturalistic communication in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Initiated and developed a new EEG research program for pediatric auditory neuroscience
Research Scientist Intern - Audio Team
Meta - Reality Labs Research, USA
- Led end-to-end research project to improve auditory experiences in AR/VR wearable devices through neurophysiological signal analysis on prototype hardware
- Independently designed and executed the full experiment pipeline—stimulus design, data collection, signal processing, and ML-based data analysis—to evaluate hearing health in real-world environments
- Developed Python pipelines for processing noisy neurophysiological data from wearable sensors
Graduate Researcher
University of Rochester, USA
- Developed novel computational methods to derive human auditory brainstem responses from continuous naturalistic stimuli
- Engineered chimeric music stimuli and applied EEG/ERP/TRF and ML decoding to investigate neural encoding of pitch-timing interactions in music cognition
- Designed and evaluated speech-in-noise studies with DNN-generated talking face stimuli
Research Assistant
Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Sichuan University, China
- Gathered, analyzed, and processed data in functional MRI & Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Conducted research quantifying white matter changes through DTI in earthquake survivors and healthy controls
Teaching Assistant
University of Rochester, USA
- Provided support to courses including BME 230: Signals, Systems & Imaging and BME 220: Biomedical Computation & Statistics
AWARDS
Biomedical Engineering Department Travel Award
ARO Mid-Winter Meeting Travel Award
ARO Mid-Winter Meeting Travel Award
Biostatistics Program Tuition Scholarship
Sichuan University Second Class Scholarship
CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS
A Cortical Hierarchy of Temporal Integration Windows During Naturalistic Speech Processing in Children
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter Meeting
Influence of ADHD Comorbidity and Sex on Symptom Presentation and Self-Injurious Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Bay Area Autism Consortium (BAAC) Annual Research Symposium
Chimera Music: Exploring Pitch-Timing Interaction on the Neural Encoding of Music
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter Meeting
Comparing Methods for Deriving the Auditory Brainstem Response to Continuous Speech in Human Listeners
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter Meeting
Subcortical Response to Continuous Music in Human Listeners
Auditory System Gordon Research Conference & Seminar
Subcortical Responses to Continuous Music in Human Listeners
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter Meeting
DNN-based Generation of Talking Faces Benefiting Speech Comprehension in Noisy Environment
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter Meeting
Subcortical Response to Continuous Music in Human Listeners
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter Meeting
Neural Fluctuation Profiles: Yet Another Model for Pitch
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Mid-Winter Meeting
Distinct Cortical Thinning Pattern in Never Treated Schizophrenia
Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
SKILLS
LANGUAGES
MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)
Member of ARO Education Committee. Organize professional workshops, seminar series and coffee hours.
Science in Motion (Non-profit Scientific Organization)
Director of Music
Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World
American Association of University Women
Game Audio Network Guild