Experience

Postdoctoral Scientist, Neurosurgery

Cedars‑Sinai Medical Center 2024 - Present Los Angeles, CA

Human intracranial research (bedside/OR), neural/behavioral task design, analysis pipelines, and cross‑stakeholder communication.

  • Built from scratch cognitive control task for bedside/OR and online use (>100 participants); deployed across ~10 bedside patients and ~5 intra‑op sessions
  • Beta‑tested next‑generation laminar probes in NHP and human intra‑operative settings; provided usability and signal‑quality feedback
  • Authored SOPs/checklists; coordinated IRB submissions and amendments; prepared data briefs for clinical and engineering stakeholders
  • Containerized Python/MATLAB analysis pipelines; open‑sourced utility package on GitHub for reproducibility

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering

Vanderbilt University 2024 Nashville, TN

Transition bridge from Ph.D. to postdoc; collaboration across clinical and engineering teams for research translation and human electrophysiology readiness.

  • Programmed and operated Brainsight Vet neuronavigation/robotic guidance system for nonhuman primate procedures
  • Planned targets/trajectories and integrated with task workflows

Ph.D. Candidate, Neuroscience

Vanderbilt University 2021 - 2024 Nashville, TN

Large‑scale neurophysiology, adolescent development of working memory, longitudinal imaging, statistical modeling, and decoding & dynamical systems.

  • First‑author publications: Nature Neuroscience (2025), iScience (2024), Journal of Neurophysiology (2023)
  • Developed reproducible analysis pipelines for neuroimaging and electrophysiology data
  • Mentored undergraduate and graduate students on analysis and experiment design
  • Presented research at Society for Neuroscience, Vision Sciences Society, and CRCNS PI meetings

Ph.D. Candidate, Neuroscience

Wake Forest University School of Medicine 2018 - 2021 Winston-Salem, NC

Research on cognitive development and working memory mechanisms through behavioral testing and neural recordings.

Research Assistant, Neurobiology

Southern University of Science and Technology 2015 - 2018 Shenzhen, China

Studied molecular mechanisms of neural development, focusing on RNA modifications and axon guidance.

  • Co-authored publications in PLOS Biology and Nucleic Acids Research
  • Developed expertise in molecular biology techniques and cell culture

Education & Certifications

Ph.D., Neuroscience

Vanderbilt University

2024

B.S., Bioinformatics

Southern University of Science and Technology

2018

Graduate Certificate (in progress)

Clinical & Regulatory Sciences, Cedars‑Sinai

Certifications

CITI - GCP 2024–2027
CITI - HSR 2024–2034
CITI - COI 2024–2028
HIPAA Current
Google Project Management Course

Editorial Roles & Activities

Editor

The Innovation Life

2024–Present

Editorial Board Member

American Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences

2024–Present

Reviewer

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

2024–Present

Reviewer

Journal of Neurophysiology

2020–Present

Member

Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

2021–Present

Selected Presentations

Maturational trajectories of cognitive and prefrontal activity in adolescence
Johns Hopkins University
January 2024
Working memory development in adolescent macaques
Working Memory Symposium
May 2023
Neuronal activity changes in the macaque prefrontal cortex during adolescence
Society for Neuroscience
November 2022
Working memory and prefrontal neural activity of macaques in early adolescence
Vision Sciences Society
May 2021