2013-2017, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (major), Statistics (minor), Stanford University, United States
2011-2013, M.S. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, United States
2007-2011, B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
2022 (fall) Assistant Course Director, HST.583 fMRI data acquisition and analysis, HST
2022 (spring) Lecturer, MIT 9.272 Neural Signal Processing, MIT
2021 (summer) Lecturer, Basics of fMRI analysis, Rotation of neuroradiology fellows, MGH
2019 (spring, summer) Lecturer, Introduction to fMRI analysis, Freesurfer course, MGH
2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 (winter) TA, RAD 227 Functional MRI Methods, Stanford University
2013, 2014 (summer) TA, Selected Medical Imaging Lecture Series Section 2: MRI NeuroImaging, Tsinghua university
2013 (summer) Instructor, EE 278B Introduction to Statistical Signal Processing, Stanford University
2012 (fall) TA, EE 278B Introduction to Statistical Signal Processing, Stanford University
2010 (fall) TA, Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Tsinghua University
Ad Hoc Reviewer BMC neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Brain Connectivity, Brain Structure and Function, Cerebral Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Molecular Psychiatry, Nature Communications, NeuroImage, PLOS One, Scientific Reports, ISMRM , OHBM
Editorial Board Member Frontiers in Neuroscience (Brain Imaging Methods)
OHBM Aperture
Conference services 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
- Session Chair: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2021 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC)
- Subcategory Chair: Computational and Data Science: Modeling & Quantification
- Session Moderator: Machine Learning and Advanced Image Analysis
2021 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
- Session Moderator: Resting-state fMRI: from acquisition to processing (Tutorial)
- Poster Facilitator: High-resolution fMRI
2021 Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
- Session Moderator: poster highlights - Physiology, Metabolism and Neurotransmission
(declined due to schedule conflicts)
2023 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
- Session Moderator: Demystifying the fMRI signal & its biophysical origins II: systemic & physiological noise in fMRI
Trainee Representative (2016-17) Brain Study Group, ISMRM
Student Member ISMRM, OHBM.
2023-25 National Institute of Mental Health R21 Exploratory/Development Research Grant
2023-26 BrightFocus Foundation Alzheimer's Research Grant
2023-25 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Grant
2022-23 Harvard Mind Brain Behavior Faculty Research Award
2021 NeuroImage, Honorable Mention - Editor's Choice Award 2020 (Resting-state "physiological networks")
2020-25 K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Award Title: "Probing the biophysiolocal basis of large-scale brain dynamics using simultaneous PET/fMRI and EEG/PET/fMRI"
2020 Anne Klibanski Postdoctoral Scholars Award, MGH
2020 Summa Cum Laude abstract award ("task contrast-dependent HRF"), ISMRM annual meeting
2019 Summa Cum Laude abstract award ("physiological connectivity"), ISMRM annual meeting
2019 Summa Cum Laude abstract award ("cortical-depth-dependent denoising"), ISMRM annual meeting
2016 Travel award, Brainhack event in Vienna
2016 Summa Cum Laude abstract award ("nuisance regression of high-frequency signal"), ISMRM annual meeting
2014-16 Educational stipend award, ISMRM annual meeting
2015 Third place winner of Sammy Kuo Awards in Neuroscience, Stanford University
2014 Magna Cum Laude abstract award ("reduced brain dynamics during working-memory task"), ISMRM annual meeting
2011 Graduation with high distinction (B.S.), Tsinghua University
2010 Chinese undergraduate visiting research fellowship (hosted by Stanford Engineering)
2008-10 Alumni scholarship for academic excellence, Tsinghua University