Principal Investigator

2000-2001 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Chiang-Shan Ray Li, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
2002-2006 Graduate Student, Laboratory of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University
2006-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University
2009-2017 Tenure Track Investigator, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
2017 Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA

1991 Research Science Institute (RSI) Summer Camp, Washington, DC
1992 Bronze Medal, 33rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
1992-2000 Four times Presidential Award, National Taiwan University
1999 Harvard Medical School Exchange Student, Clinical rotations
2002 HHMI Predoctoral Fellowship, Neuroscience, Honorable mention
2008 NARSAD 2008 Young Investigator Award
2009 Pathway to Independence (K99/R00) Award, NIMH, NIH (*Declined due to accepting the investigator position at the NIA, NIH)
2010 NARSAD 2010 Young Investigator Award
2014 European Neurasmus Scholar
2014 NIH Graduate Partnerships Program Outstanding Mentor Award
2016 Post Baccalaureate Distinguished Mentor Award
2017 Promoted to Tenured Senior Investigator at NIA, NIH

PI: “The role of basal forebrain in temporal expectation” Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan (2018-2020)
Co-PI: “Center of Excellence - Brain Research Center in Yang-Ming University”. MOST, Taiwan (2018-2022)
PI: “Reward prediction error signal in the basal forebrain” Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan (2018-2021)

PI: “The roles of basal forebrain neuronal ensembles in top-down attention.” NARSAD 2008 Young Investigator Award (2008-2009)
PI: “The roles of basal forebrain neuronal ensemble in top-down attention.“ NIMH/NIH (K99/R00) (2009-2014) ** Declined the award in order to accept a tenure track investigator position at the National Institute on Aging, NIH
PI: “Neural circuit mechanisms of top-down attention.” NARSAD 2010 Young Investigator Award (2011-2013)
PI: “Non-cholinergic basal forebrain neurons and neurocognitive aging.” NIA Intramural Research Program, NIH (2009-2017)
PI: “The roles of basal forebrain neuronal ensembles in top-down attention.” NIA Intramural Research Program, NIH (2009-2017)

Introduction to neuroscience (Institute of Neuroscience core course)
Master’s and PhD student seminar (Institute of Neuroscience elective course)
Systems neuroscience: brain and behavior (Fall semester; open to graduate and undergraduate students)
Advanced topics in systems neuroscience (Spring semester)

Last updated on 2019/04/02