EDUCATION

 

2005 – 2010      Ph.D        Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience (Affiliated)

                                             Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

 

                                             Advisor: Twila Tardif

                                             Dissertation: What‘s in a name? How different languages result in different

                                                                  brains in English and Chinese speakers

                                             Committee: Twila Tardif, Henry Wellman, William J. Gehring, Christopher S. Monk,

                                                                 San Duanmu

 

2001 – 2004       M.S         Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

                                             Advisor: Xiaolan Fu

 

1997 – 2001       B.S          Computer Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China

 

 

PROFESSIONAL

 

2016 – Present           PI                                   IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research,

                                                                           Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

 

2016 – Present           Professor                       State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning,

                                                                           Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

 

2010 – 2016               985 Investigator           State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning,       

                                                                           Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

 

2004 – 2005               Research Assistant       Key Laboratory of Institute of Psychology,

                                                                           Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China     

     

FUNDING

• The National Natural Science Foundation of China Special Project “Social Emotion and Interaction Process in VR Environment: Cognitive Neurocomputational Mechanisms of Altruistic Behavior and Its Application in AI” (32441109), 1.04 million, Project Leader, 2025–2027

 

• Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Plan Central Guidance for Local Special Project “Super Intelligence and Super Alignment” project “Research on Key Technologies of Super Alignment Based on External Supervision Alignment and Internal Mechanism Alignment and Demonstration Application” (Z241100001324005), total funding 10 million, my share 2 million, Task Leader, 2024–2026

 

• Ministry of Science and Technology’s Science and Technology Innovation 2030 – “Brain Science and Brain-like Research” major project topic “The Brain Network Basis and Differentiation Mechanism of Emotional and Social Skill Development” (2021ZD0200535), total funding 35 million, my share 4 million, Task Leader, 2021–2026

 

• National Natural Science Foundation of China. The psychological and brain mechanisms of evaluating recipients’ repaying behavior in helping interaction (32271092). 54000 RMB, PI, 2023 – 2026

 

• Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation. Interdisciplinary research on psychology, brain and artificial intelligence of Chinese moral cognition and emotional characteristics (19ZDA363). 800,000 RMB, PI, 2020 – 2023

 

• National Natural Science Foundation of China. The brain mechanisms and developmental trajectory of moral-related social emotions (31871094). 620,000 RMB, PI, 2019 – 2022 

 

• National Key R&D Program of China. Multi-strategy and objective measurement of abnormal psychology and behavior (2017YFC0803402). 4,200,000 RMB, PI, 2017 – 2020

 

• The National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals, China. Researches about the characteristics of Chinese moral cognition: on the perspective of psychology and brain mechanisms. 550,000 RMB, PI, 2015 – 2017 (completed)

 

• Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation. The characteristics of Chinese social cognition: Integrated researches of psychology and brain science (12&ZD228). 800,000 RMB, PI, 2013 – 2017 (completed)

 

• National Natural Science Foundation of China. The brain mechanism of kinship representation and its developmental trajectory and cross-cultural differences (31170971). 600,000 RMB, PI, 2012 – 2015 (completed)

 

 

HONORS & AWARDS

2021             Changjiang Young Scholar

2019             Keynote speaker, the 22nd National Academic Congress of Psychology

2015             The National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals, China  

2012             Jingshi Elite Program of Beijing Normal University

2009             Rackham Predoctoral Fellowships, University of Michigan

2009             Pat Gurin Distinguished Lecture Award, University of Michigan

2009             Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan

2009             Rackham International Research Award, University of Michigan

2009             Center for Chinese Study Dissertation Fieldwork Fellowships, University of Michigan

2008             Roger W. Brown Memorial Award, University of Michigan

2008             Center for Chinese Study Fieldwork Research Fellowships, University of Michigan

2006             International Institute Individual Fellowships, University of Michigan

2005             Rackham Graduate School Travel Grants, University of Michigan

 

 

ACADEMIC MEMBERS & SERVICES

 

• Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Associate; Human Brain Mapping Society; American Psychology Association; Society of Cognitive Neuroscience; Society for Social Neuroscience

 

• Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience, Associate Editor 2018-, Acta Psychologica Sinica 2022-, Advances in Psychological Science 2021-

 

• Ad hoc Reviewers: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Cerebral Cortex, Neuroimage, Human Brain mapping, Neuropsychologia, Perception, Chinese Science Bulletin, SCIENCE CHINA, Acta Psychologica Sinica