Curriculum Vitae
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Education Background
2021-present PhD Student, Cognition and Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA
2019-2021 Master Student, Applied Cognition and Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA
2014-2018 Undergraduate Student, Applied Psychology, Southern Medical University, Guangdong, China
2015-2016 Exchange Student, Psychology, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Academic Experience
2025-present TA, Lab Method for Neuroscience, UT Dallas.
2020-2025 RA and TA, Brain Circuit Lab, UT Dallas.
2016-2019 RA, Chemical Sense and Mental Health Lab (PI: Dr. Laiquan Zou), Southern Medical University.
2016-2017 RA, Key Lab of Social Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience (PI: Dr. Fang Cui), Shenzhen University.
2015-2016 RA, Psychophysiology Lab (PI: Dr. Ying-Jui Ho), CSMU.
Publication
Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Zitong Lu, Yile Wang. (2025). Teaching CORnet Human fMRI Representations for Enhanced Model-Brain Alignment. Cognitive
Neurodynamics. 19 (1), 61.
Li, Z., Huang, G., Li, Z., Li, S., Wang, Y., Zhao, J., ... & Zou, L. (2020). Chemosensory Anhedonia in Patients with Schizophrenia and Individuals with Schizotypy: A Questionnaire Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 481.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00481
Zhao, J., Gao, Z., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., & Zou, L. (2019). The food neophobia scale (FNS): Exploration and confirmation of factor structure in a healthy Chinese sample. Food Quality and Preference, 79, 103791.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.103791
Zhao, J., Wang, Y., Ma, Q., Zhao, J., Zhang, X., & Zou, L. (2019). The Chemosensory Pleasure Scale: A New Assessment for Measuring Hedonic Smell and Taste Capacities. Chemical Senses, 44(7), 457–464.
https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjz040
Wang, YL. & Zou, LQ. (2018).The Neural Mechanisms of Social Pain (社会疼痛的神经机制). Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics, 45(07):714-722. [in Chinese]
https://doi.org/10.16476/j.pibb.2017.0
Pre-print
Zitong Lu, Yile Wang, JD Golomb (2025). Achieving more human brain-like vision via human eeg representational alignment. ArXiv:
2401.17231 v2.
Conference
Comet Computing Conference 2025: Wang, Y., *A Solodkin. Early Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease using a Computional Approach (Lighting Talk)
SfN2022: Wang, Y., L Arbabyazd, AR McIntosh, P Ritter, V Jirsa, *A Solodkin. Functional Asymmetry in Alzheimer’s Disease: A computational approach using TheVirtualBrain
Fellowships and Reward
Nov. 2023Visionary New Scientist Award from Center for BrainHealth: $25,000
Nov. 2022SfN: The Trainee Professional Development Award Winner: $1000
July. 2020The University of Texas at Dallas Master’s Research Fellowship Program: $1500
Sep. 2018Chinese College Students' Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan: $400
Skills
Programming: Python, R, MATLAB, Bash, Git