About

Engineering meets
neuroscience.

I am a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, working with Prof. Yaakov Stern. I use multimodal neuroimaging, brain stimulation, and computational approaches to understand cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of developing approaches that preserve and improve cognition.

I received my Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University in 2023, advised by Prof. Paul Sajda, and my B.Eng. in Optoelectronic Information from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2017.

Academic path

Appointments.

2024–present

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Advisor: Prof. Yaakov Stern

May–Dec 2023

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University

Advisor: Prof. Paul Sajda

Education.

2023

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering

Columbia University

Advisor: Prof. Paul Sajda. M.Phil., 2021; M.Sc., 2019.

2017

B.Eng., Optoelectronic Information

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Recognition

Selected honors.

2026

NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

National Institute on Aging

2026

Best Paper Award

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)

Selected talks

Conference oral presentations.

July 2026

Perturbation-Based Brain Mapping of Prefrontal Alpha Phase Multiplex Networks: A Concurrent TMS-EEG-fMRI Study

IEEE EMBC · Toronto, Canada

Oral presentation; peer-reviewed full paper

February 2026

From Amyloid to Cognition: Integrating Brain Connectome With Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography Improves Predictive Modeling of Cognitive Decline

International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting · Philadelphia, USA

Oral presentation

November 2023

Associations of EEG-synchronized rTMS treatment of depression with changes in modulated functional connectivity: a concurrent fMRI-EEG-TMS study

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting / Washington, DC, USA

Oral presentation; peer-reviewed abstract

June 2023

Changes in network connectivity induced by TMS stimulation of DLPFC: a concurrent fMRI-EEG-TMS study

Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting / Montreal, Canada

Oral presentation; peer-reviewed abstract

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