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 is a PhD student in the Youth Affective Neuroscience Lab at NTU-SG under Prof Luo Lizhu. Her research focuses on child and youth mental health, with a particular emphasis on self-harm and suicidality. She investigates both neuropsychological and developmental factors that contribute to these outcomes. | |
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 investigates the neural correlates of rumination and subjective experience across the spectrum of mental health, from healthy populations to those with psychiatric disorders. She specializes in utilizing EEG and MEG techniques to map these internal states and explore the dynamic interplay between internal cognition and external environmental processes. | |
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 3rd 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 Graduate Student Brain and Mind Laboratory, National Taiwan University, Taiwan trevchou@gmail.com |
| Trevor is a first-year master’s student under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Goh at the Brain and Mind Lab, NTU. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from NTU, where he also completed the Neurobiology and Cognitive Science Program. He initially joined the lab in June 2023 through an internship hosted by the Center for Neurobiology and Cognitive Science. His research employs fMRI to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying concept learning, specifically focusing on how cognitive representations evolve during the learning process. To answer these questions, Trevor is particularly passionate about applying geometric approaches to model and understand the structure of human cognition. | |
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Tzu Yun Kung Graduate Student Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences at National Taiwan University, Taiwan tzuyunkung@gmail.com |
| Tzu Yun is a second-year master’s student under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Goh in the Brain and Mind Lab. Her research focuses on the cognitive processes underlying how people interpret and respond to information in the brain. She mainly works with fMRI data and is currently investigating inference-related processes and how inference-based interventions may influence cognitive abilities in older adults. | |
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Amanda Lin Research Assistant Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University amanda.lin0103@gmail.com |
| Amanda is a final-year graduate student in the Graduate Institute of Linguistics, working with Prof. Chia-Lin Lee (Brain and Language Processing Lab) and Prof. Shu-Kai Hsieh (Lab of Ontologies, Language Processing, and e-Humanities). Trained in mathematics (B.Sc.), Amanda is drawn to computational methods for neurophysiological data. She looks to develop transferable EEG embedding models for mood/psychopathology-related inference, with robust noise handling and multimodal integration, and to explore LLM feedback for evaluation and interpretation. Amanda will be starting her PhD in NTU’s Data Science Degree Program in September 2026. | |
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Wei-linChen (William) Graduate Student Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences at National Taiwan University, Taiwan william215463497@gmail.com |
| William is a first-year master’s student under the suprvision of Dr. Joshua Goh in the Brain and Mind lab since the fall of 2025. His current research focuses on evaluating functional connectivity before and after cognitive training in the context of aging. He has foundational experience in fMRI data processing, MATLAB, and practical computer science. In addition, he has experience using GitHub Pages and Git repositories, and possesses basic programming skills in Python and C++. | |
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Ting (Ting-Hsin Yen) Doctoral Student Institution of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Taiwan dinghsin12345@g.ncu.edu.tw |
| Ting is a 1st year PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Chun-Hsien Hsu from the Brain and Language Lab at Institution of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University. She has a B.A that majored both in translation & interpretation studies, and psychology. Afterwards, a MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience with the research focus on the neural tracking pattern in second language (L2) learners under naturalistic environment. She uses EEG & MEG to explore how the aspects of bilingualism influence the second language learning process. |
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.