PDF of my full CV (updated: 03/14/2023)
2012 – 17 Ph.D. Brain and Cognitive Sciences University of Rochester
2010 – 12 M.S. Cognitive Science Yonsei University
2005 – 10 B.A. Psychology Yonsei University
2009 University of California Berkeley, Summer Sessions in Cognitive Science and Writing in Art History
2007 – 08 University of Washington, Exchange program in Psychology and Art History
2002 – 03 Ewha Girls’ Foreign Language High School, English and French Major
2022 – Research Scientist, Department of Psychology, University of Washington
2018 – 22 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of Washington (Advisor: Ione Fine)
2017 – 18 Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester (Advisors: Duje Tadin, Loisa Bennetto)
2012 – 17 Graduate Student, Tadin Lab, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, (Advisor: Duje Tadin)
2010 – 12 Graduate Student, VCC Lab, Center for Cognitive Science, Yonsei University (Advisor: Sang Chul Chong)
2009 Research Assistant, VCC Lab, Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, Yonsei University (Advisor: Sang Chul Chong)
2023 - NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (PI)
“Anatomical, Functional, and Computational Constraints of Sensory Cross-modal Plasticity Following Early Blindness”
2021 – 2023 Weill Neurohub Postdoctoral Fellowship ($150,000)
"Neural and Functional Auditory Plasticity in the Brain Following Early Blindness"
2016 – 2017 Autism Science Foundation, Pre-doctoral Training Fellowship (PI, $25,000)
“Characterizing Visual Processing Differences in Individuals with ASD”
2020 Finalist, Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2016 Cold Spring Harbor Summer Programs - Computational Neuroscience: Vision
2016 Student Travel Award, International Meeting for Autism Research
2012 Best Student Talk, Korean Society for Cognitive Science Annual Spring Conference
2010 – 12 BK21 Participation Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, Korea
2009 Highest Honors (Yonsei University)
2007, 2008 Dean’s list (University of Washington)
2022 "Do you hear what I see? Cross-modal plasticity following early blindness", Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2022 "How do early blind individuals experience object motion?", Department of Psychology, University of Washington
2018 "Art and Vision: How art informs us about the human visual system", Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2017 "Atypical motion prediction abilities in autism spectrum disorder," Interdisciplinary Center for Language Science Talk Series, University of Rochester
2017 "Characterizing the limits of human visual perception across clinical populations", Department of Psychology, University of Washington
2017 "Understanding the role of visual perception in human cognition and behavior across clinical populations", Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
2015 "A mechanistic understanding of visual processing in autism spectrum disorder", Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
2015 "A mechanistic understanding of visual processing in autism spectrum disorder", Brain and Cognitive Sciences Lunch Talk, University of Rochester
2015 "Mechanisms of motion-based object segregation", Brain and Cognitive Sciences Lunch Talk, University of Rochester
2012 "Human visual system and art: perception of composition in paintings", Yonsei Cognitive Science Seminar, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Instructor
2015 Fall BCS 151 Perception and Action, University of Rochester
Guest Lecturer
2014 Spring BCS 153 Cognition (Topic: Understanding appreciation of art), University of Rochester
Teaching Assistant
2014 Fall BCS 110 Neural Foundations of Behavior, University of Rochester
2014 Spring BCS 153 Cognition, University of Rochester
2010 Spring COG 3101 Introduction to Cognitive Science, Yonsei University
Graduate Students (University of Washington)
2022 – Kelly Chang
2018 – 2019 Jasmine Awad
Center for Visual Science Summer Undergraduate Internship (University of Rochester)
2017 Sholei Croom
2016 Laura Bedalov
Research Assistants (University of Rochester and University of Washington)
2022 Taylor Garrison, Amy Poole
2020 – 2021 Priyanka Kotipalli, Rachel Tang, Feiyi Wang
2019 Miaoran Li, Wesley Ganz, Jackson Watson
2017 – 2019 Shuyi Penny Chen (now a graduate student at UT Austin)
2016 – 2017 Alice Ban, Kabir Al-tariq
2015 – 2017 Zachary Arnold
2015 – 2016 Jared Band
Undergraduate Students
2021 Feiyi Wang: Mary Gates Research Scholarship (University of Washington)
2019 Shuyi Penny Chen: Catherine Block Memorial Fund Prize (University of Rochester)
2018 Shuyi Penny Chen: Walt and Bobbi Makous Prize (University of Rochester)
Current Biology / Autism / Journal of Neuroscience / Scientific Reports / ENeuro / Brain Research / PLOS One / NeuroImage / Brain and Behavior/ iScience / Research in Developmental Disabilities
Memberships (Past and Present)
Vision Sciences Society / Society for Neuroscience / International Society for Autism Research / The Korean Society for Cognitive Science
Departmental Service
2017 Co-organizer of undergraduate research development workshop, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester
2016 Student co-organizer of CVS symposium “Future of Attention” student journal club, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester
2015 – 16 Student co-chair of graduate student recruitment, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
2010 – 12 Administrative assistant, Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Community Service
2018 Curational consultant for Monet exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY (Media coverage: UR News, Observer)
2013 – 15 Rochester Museum & Science Center, Sciences Saturdays, Rochester, NY, Help with the explanations of visual illusions (presenter: Duje Tadin)
2013 Teen Leaders Program, City of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Presentation: “Stories of my life and the brain”
Other
2012 Book editor, “HYO: life and work of Seung Hyo Park”
2009 – 12 Translator and exhibition assistant (August – December 2009), Gallery Brain Factory, Seoul, Korea