Principal Investigator, Computational and Network Neuroscience Laboratory (CNNL)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, School of Medicine
Advisor: Prof. Vinod Menon
Research topic: Investigation of latent brain state dynamics underlying neurocognitive phenomena
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Combined M.S. & Ph.D. Bio and Brain Engineering
Advisor: Kwang-Hyun Cho
Thesis: System-level analysis of organizational design principles underlying brain networks
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
B.S. Electrical Engineering
Key Publications & Preprints
Brain resilience in aging
Progress in Neurobiology (2022) — IF: 10.2
Latent brain state dynamics and cognitive flexibility in older adults
Aberrant brain dynamics in neurodegenerative disease
Nature Communications (2024, Accepted) — IF: 17.0
Dopaminergic modulation and dosage effects on brain state dynamics and working memory processes in Parkinson’s disease
Dynamic brain network organization in rodent brain
PNAS (2024) — IF: 12.0 Space wandering in the rodent default mode network
Science Advances (2023) — IF: 15.4 Neuronal dynamics of the default mode network and anterior insular cortex: Intrinsic properties and modulation by salient stimuli
Nature Communications (2023) — IF: 17.0 Dynamic decoupling of salience and default mode networks by optogenetic manipulation of anterior insular cortex
E/I Balance in Brain Function
Cell Reports (2018) — IF: 9.9
Combined positive and negative feedback allows modulation of neuronal oscillation frequency during sensory processing
Control Architecture of the Human Brain
iScience (2018) — IF: 6.2
The hidden control architecture of complex brain networks
Awards & Scholarship
2021–2024
Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship
Computational modeling of dynamic causal brain circuits underlying cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease (Amount of grant: $175,000 USD)
2019
Best Doctoral Dissertation Award in Department of Bio and Brain Engineering
