EDUCATION

 

2010 – 2015   Ph.D   Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience

                              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

 

2026 – Present    Research Fellow           Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance

 

2025 – Present    Deputy Director           Beijing Key Laboratory of AI Safety and Super Alignment 

 

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           

 

 

FUNDINGS

• 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 (completed，rated excellent)

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

• 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 (completed)

• 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 mechanisms of kinship representation and its developmental trajectory and cross-cultural differences (31170971). 600,000 RMB, PI, 2012 – 2015 (completed)

 

 

HONORS & AWARDS

2025           Leading Talents in Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Ten-Thousand Talent Program

2021           Changjiang Young Scholar

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

2015           Young Top-notch Talents of the Ten-Thousand Talent Program

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

2026 – present: Member, Committee on Mental Processes and Modeling, Chinese Psychological Society

2025 – present: Council Member, Division of Artificial Intelligence and Social Governance, Chinese Social Psychology Association

2022 – present: Council Member, Working Committee on AI Ethics and Governance, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence

2017 – present: Council Member, Committee on Affective Intelligence, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence

2015 – present: Council Member, China Chapter, International Social Neuroscience Society

2025 – present: Expert Member, International AI Research Network for Development and Governance (AIR Net)

2010 – present: Associate, Behavioral and Brain Sciences

2026 – present: Associate Editor, Acta Psychologica Sinica

2021 – present: Editorial Board Member, Advances in Psychological Science

2017 – present: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience

2023 – present: Editorial Board Member, Brain Sciences

Other Academic Memberships
Human Brain Mapping Society; American Psychological Association (APA); Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS); Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN)