2026
- 03/2026: First-authored paper – on cerebellar volumetric alterations in 22q11.2 copy number variants – is accepted at Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science; the journal pre-proof is currently in press [online].
- 02/2026: Co-authored paper – with the Bearden Lab – is published in Molecular Psychiatry [online].
2025
- 05/2025: First-authored paper – on selective KOR antagonism and individualized brain systems in mood and anxiety spectrum disorders – is published in Neuropsychopharmacology [online][pdf].
- 01/2025: Co-authored paper with the Clinical Brain Lab is published in Sensors [online][pdf].
- 01/2025: Co-authored paper with the Bearden Lab is published in Biological Psychiatry [online].
- 01/2025: Appointed as a Teaching Assistant for the Brain and Behavioral Health (BBH) minor program at UCLA.
2024
- 11/2024: Advanced to PhD candidacy.
- 09/2024: Appointed as the Student Coordinator for the Neuroimaging Affinity Group (NAG) at UCLA.
- 07/2024: First-authored commentary – on an integrated framework for advancing psychosis research – is published in Biological Psychiatry: CNNI [online][pdf].
- 07/2024: Presented her poster at NEURO2024 (Japan).
- 06/2024: Presented her poster at OHBM 2024 (Korea).
- 05/2024: Presented her poster at 2024 SOBP (USA).
- 05/2024: Co-authored paper with the Bearden Lab is published in Neuropsychopharmacology [online].
- 03/2024: Received the NEURO2024 Travel Award for Foreign Scientists.
- 03/2024: Abstract accepted by 2024 SOBP for a poster presentation.
- 01/2024: Abstract accepted by OHBM 2024 for a poster presentation.
2023
- 09/2023: Officially joined the Bearden Lab for her thesis research.
- 06/2023: Completed her first year at UCLA.
- 04/2023: Presented her poster at 2023 SOBP (USA).
- 04/2023: Started her third lab rotation in the MontiLab.
- 03/2023: Abstract accepted by 2023 SOBP for a poster presentation.
- 01/2023: Started her second lab rotation in the Brain Connectivity and Cognition Lab.
2022
- 12/2022: First-authored paper – on 24-h movement behaviors and health indicator in early adolescence – is published in Journal of Adolescent Health [online][pdf].
- 09/2022: Started her first lab rotation in the Bearden Lab.
- 09/2022: Started her PhD in Neuroscience at UCLA.
- 08/2022: Received the Graduate Dean’s Scholar Award from UCLA.
- 08/2022: Graduated from NUS with a Master’s in Computing with a focus on Artificial Intelligence.
2021
- 06/2021: Presented her poster at 2021 OHBM (Virtual).
- 06/2021: Joined the Meditation Research Group at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School as a Graduate Intern.
- 06/2021: Became the WebGuru for the Society for Neuroscience Singapore Chapter (Revamped Website).
- 05/2021: Joined Neuroglee Therapeutics as a Cognitive Scientist.
- 04/2021: Became the Newsletter Editor for the Society for Neuroscience Singapore Chapter (Subscribe)[Past Issues].
- 04/2021: Datature launched its no-code computer vision and deep learning platform on ProductHunt.
- 03/2021: Abstract accepted by 2021 OHBM for a poster presentation.
2020
- 09/2020: Became the Centre Representative for the Centre for Sleep and Cognition (CSC) at SfN-SG.
- 08/2020: Started the Master of Computing (Artificial Intelligence) program at NUS.
- 07/2020: Participated in Neurohackademy – Data Science and Neuroimaging Hackathon.
- 07/2020: Attended Neuromatch Academy – a summer school for Computational Neuroscience [Certificate].
- 07/2020: Attended 2020 OHBM Education Courses.
- 07/2020: Received her Professional Certificate in Data Science from HarvardX [Certificate].
- 06/2020: Participated in the 2020 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting.
- 05/2020: Participated in the 2020 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting.
- 02/2020: Joined the Sleep and Cognition Laboratory at National University of Singapore as a Research Associate.
2019
- 11/2019: Datature won Top 12 Global Start-up in Slingshot 2019 [Media].
- 08/2019: Became a member of Society for Neuroscience: Singapore Chapter.
- 06/2019: Presented her poster at the 2019 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting.
- 03/2019: Datature won the Rolls-Royce Data Innovation Challenge [Media].
- 01/2019: Joined Clinical Imaging Research Centre as a Data Scientist in the MRI Operations Image Analysis Team.
2018
- 12/2018: Joined Datature as a Data Analyst.
- 06/2018: Presented her poster at the 2018 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting (Singapore).
2017
- 12/2017: Her second co-authored paper – with Dr. Sam Gilbert – is published in NeuroImage [online][pdf].
- 04/2017: Her first co-authored paper – with the Gopnik Lab – is published in PNAS [online][pdf].
2016
- 12/2016: Started her first multi-modal clinical neuroimaging study with Dr. Lee Shu-Hui and Prof. Annabel Chen.
- 11/2016: Joined the Clinical Brain Lab at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore as a Research Associate.
- 10/2016: Graduated from UCL with a master of research degree in Cognitive Neuroscience.
2015
- 11/2015: Started her first fMRI study with Dr. Sam Gilbert.
- 10/2015: Relocated to London to start the Master of Research in Cognitive Neuroscience programme at UCL.
- 05/2015: Graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology (departmental honors).
- 04/2015: Submitted her honors thesis.
Before 2015
- 05/2014: Became a member of Psi Chi: Berkeley Chapter.
- 11/2013: Started her first research project with Dr. Adrienne Wente and Prof. Alison Gopnik.
- 10/2013: Joined the Gopnik Lab at UC Berkeley as an undergraduate research assistant.