About me

I am a psychologist by training. I hold a B.Sc. in Psychology from Harbin Normal University (China) and a M.Sc. (Merit) in Neuroimaging for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Manchester (UK). I obtained PhD (Dr.rer.nat) with Summa cum laude in November 2024 at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany.

My PhD research focused on structural and functional changes across cortical depth and layers during human somatosensory aging, employing Ultra-High Field 7 Tesla MRI as the primary approach and comparing the findings with mouse models using Two-Photon Calcium imaging and histological analysis.

Currently I work as a postdoctoral researcher at AG Tranlsational Imaging of Cortical Microstructure (Kuehn Lab), Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH), Tübingen, Germany. My current research focus is on the tactile memory storage & retrieval mechanisms, tactile memory enhancement & suppression pathways, and the brain plasticity change after intervention on somatic symptoms.