Instructors
The BrainHack School NTU Team
Singapore Directors
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Professor Annabel Chen Director of the Centre of Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE), Professor of Psychology Centre of Research and Development in Learning, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore annabelchen@ntu.edu.sg |
| Prof Annabel is a Clinical Neuropsychologist specializing in neuroimaging techniques (MRI, EEG, fNIRS, TMS, tDCS) to understand brain and behavior. Her ClinicalBrainLab investigates the role of the cerebellum in higher cognition, healthy aging, and socioaffective neuroscience, as well as the Science of Learning. She is the director for the Centre of Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU.SG) and the director for the Centre of Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC), a collaborative effort with the University of Cambridge. | |
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Dr Luo Lizhu (Lisa) Assistant Professor School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore lizhu.luo@ntu.edu.sg |
| Dr. Luo is an assistant professor in Psychology at the School of Social Sciences at NTU.SG. She conducts interdisciplinary research in psychology, neuroscience, and psychopathology. Her research employs psychological and neuroimaging methods, primarily functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), to investigate the behavioral and neural mechanisms of youth psychopathology, focusing on the dysfunctions in emotional and cognitive processing associated with youth depression. | |
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Dr Darren Yeo Assistant Professor School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore darrenyeo@ntu.edu.sg |
| Dr. Yeo is an assistant professor in Psychology at the School of Social Sciences at NTU.SG. He is an expert in using fMRI to study neurocognitive processes involved in numeracy and mathematical abilities across the lifespan. |
Singapore Teaching Assistants
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Teo Jia Li Doctoral Student Psychology Department, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore jiali003@e.ntu.edu.sg |
| Jia Li graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Highest Distinction) in 2019, and has since been conducting research on the neurobiological basis of obsessive-compulsive disorder and neural networks for reading in children. Her main interests are in neuroscience. | |
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Xiaoan Wang (Sarah) Doctoral Student Psychology Department, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore XIAOAN001@e.ntu.edu.sg |
| Xiaoan obtained dual bachelor’s degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Statistics from Harvard University. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Nanyang Technological University, with a primary research focus on neuroscience. | |
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Ruess Joahnna Doctoral Student The Youth Affective Neuroscience Lab, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore RUES0001@e.ntu.edu.sg |
| Johanna Ruess obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology from the University of Vienna. Her research focuses on child and adolescent mental health, with particular emphasis on self-harm and suicidality. She explores the neuropsychological and developmental factors underlying these outcomes, with the aim of supporting early identification and informing effective intervention strategies for at-risk youth. | |
We are happy to join the Brainhack School Taiwan hub this year and we will actively work with the Taiwan hub to kick off the program. We will conduct our course in parallel to the Taiwan local hub, and we plan to have an in-person exchange visit to Taiwan for the final week round of research presentations and symposium.
The BrainHack School Taiwan Team
Neuroscience is a thriving field that is constantly advancing, with new methodologies and innovative analyses that continuously renew our understanding of the human brain. In order to keep up with the latest cutting-edge analytical techniques, demanding workshops are necessary for learning and practice.
Brainhack School, which originated at the University of Montreal, unites interdisciplinary researchers from various countries and campuses to organize an intensive program that helps people learn through project-based practice. Brainhack School Taiwan joined the international consortium in 2023, which brought together experts from National Central University and National Taiwan University to team up with Brainhack Schools around the world.
Taiwan Directors
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Dr Joshua O.S. Goh Associate Professor Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan joshuagoh@ntu.edu.tw |
| Josh focuses on understanding intelligence functions in the brain and the biological and experiential constraints. His methodological approaches involve cognitive experiments, brain imaging, and formal modeling with considerations of age and cultural differences, as well as artificial intelligence operations. | |
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Dr Chia-Lin Charlene Lee Associate Professor Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan chialinlee@ntu.edu.tw |
| Charlene focuses on semantic and syntactic language processing in the brain as well as contextual influences such as sentence constraints and emotional information. Her primary experimental approach uses electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERP) applied on younger to older adults. | |
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Dr Chun-Hsien Hsu Assistant Professor Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taiwan kevinhsu@ncu.edu.tw |
| Chun-Hsien utilizes electronencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying language comprehension. His research focuses on how brain activity relates to abstract representations of human language, including empty categories in syntactic structures and morpho-syntactic features. Additionally, he explores how these linguistic representations are acquired in both children and second-language learners. | |
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Asst Prof Tzu-Yu Hsu Assistant Professor Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taiwan tzuyuhsu@ncu.edu.tw |
| Asst Prof Tzu-Yu Hsu is a cognitive neuroscientist specializing in the neural mechanisms of consciousness, rumination, and metacognition. Her research uses neuroimaging techniques (EEG, MEG, fMRI) and non-invasive brain stimulation to investigate how the brain integrates internal thoughts and external information, and how disruptions in these processes relate to psychiatric disorders such as depression, ultimately working toward better understanding and improved interventions. | |
Taiwan Teaching Assistants
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Yong Sheng Tan Doctoral Student Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Taiwan University, Taiwan d12b49005@ntu.edu.tw |
| Yong Sheng is a 2nd year PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Goh at the Brain and Mind Laboratory, National Taiwan University. His research interests are in the neuroscience and psychology of aging and culture. He employs fMRI to study the neural mechanisms underlying probabilistic processing and decision making, and how these processes differ between Americans and Taiwanese from various age cohorts. His project is conducted in collaboration with Dr. Angela Gutchess at Brandeis University. | |
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Kuan Ying Trevor Chou Undergradaute Assistant Brain and Mind Laboratory, National Taiwan University, Taiwan trevchou@gmail.com |
| Kuan-Ying Trevor Chou is a senior undergraduate majoring in Psychology at the National Taiwan University (NTU), with a minor in Neurobiology and Cognitive Science. He is currently an undergraduate research assistant at Dr. Goh’s Brain and Mind Lab (NTU, Taiwan). His research interests include cognitive aging and conceptual learning, and he has experience in neuroimaging techniques (MRI, ERP), neuropsychological assessments, and experimental design. | |
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Tzu Yun Kung Research Assistant Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taiwan kireiyvette@gmail.com |
| Tzu Yun Kung is affliated with Brain and Mind Laboratory at NTU, Taiwan. | |
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Amanda Lin Research Assistant Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University |
| Amanda Lin is a PhD student at the Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica. She has a background in Computational Linguistics from the National Taiwan University (NTU). Her research interests include the application of machine learning methods to language and neural data, including EEG-based analysis. | |
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Wei-linChen (William) Research Assistant National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
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Ting (Ting-Hsin Yen) Research Assistant National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
List of Brainhack Schools around the world
- NTU/ICNNCU ,Taipei/Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Universidad de la Republica,Montevideo,Uruguay
- Humai,Buenos Aires,Argentina
- Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal,Canada
- University of Montreal ,Montreal, Canada
- TMU/CAMH,Toronto,Canada
- Université de Paris Cité,Paris,France
- McGill
- Concordia
- Chile
- (And More To Be Confirmed)
Special thanks
We appreciate the Brainhack School Organization team.