About me
Dalin Yang
[ Biophotonics Research Center]
[ Google Scholar ]
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Washington University
School of Medicine
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Dalin Yang is currently working at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine as a Postdoc Research Associate. She received a bachelor's degree in computer science and technology from Qingdao University, China, in 2016. She obtained her master's degree in electronic engineering from South Korea (2018). She earn her Ph.D. degree in Feb. 2022 from Pusan National University.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Neuromodulation: Transcranial electrical stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Neuroimaging: Electroencephalography, functional near-infrared spectroscopy, hybrid modality, diffusion optical tomography, fMRI.
Brain-computer interface: Motor imaging, steady-state visually evoked potential, event-related potential.
Brain disorders: Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, depression, schizophrenia, etc.
Professional Affiliations and Service
Guest Associate Editor: Biosensor
Review Editor: Frontiers in Neuroscience
Review Editor: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Associate editor: Frontiers in Clinical Engineering
Reviewer: Behavioral Sciences
Reviewer: Biomedical Optics Express
Reviewer: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Information
Reviewer: Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
Reviewer: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Reviewer: Frontiers in Psychology
Member of the Society for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Member of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Member of the International Society for Optics and Photonics
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Member of IEEE Women in Engineering
Member of IEEE Young Professionals
Secretary of Washington University Postdoc Society
Police Committee Chair of Washington University Postdoc Society
On-going Projects
Brain reconstruction using the MRI-based head model and HD-DOT brain signals
Behavioral data-driven computational neuroscience algorithm for the investigation of brain disease
Deep learning-based reverse engineering for cognition mechanism exploration.
Brain-heart-body interaction investigation for the infant in ICU
Educational Background
Fellowship
Doctorate
Graduate
Undergradute
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, United State
Pusan National University, South Korea
Pukyong National University, South Korea
Qingdao University, China
03/2022 - UntilDate
09/2018 - 02/2022
09/2016 - 09/2018
09/2012-06/2016
Research Experience
Brain Light Lab (March 2022- Untildate)
Primary project member, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Algorithm development for accurate and efficient photometric brain modeling.
Establishing a relationship between cognitive functions and behavioral performance.
Brain disease risk assessment and neuro-rehabilitation
Brain monitoring of the kids with autism and toddlers during ECMO.
Brain modeling --'reverse-engineer' to explore the brain mechanism
CognoControl Lab (Sep. 2018 - Feb. 2022)
Project member & Lab Leader, Pusan National University, Korea
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) individual identification by the deep learning method.
Evaluation the possible biomarkers for brain disorders.
Investigation of functional connectivity network between the healthy control and MCI
Explore the neuromodulation method for brain disease.
Got the “Outstanding paper award” as the first author once (International conference).
Ubiquitous Sensor Network Lab (Sep. 2016- Aug. 2018)
Project member, Pukyong National University, Korea
Brain-computer interface project in USN Lab.
Real-time hybrid BCI system based on brain signals of motor imagery and steady-state visual evoked potential.
Extraction fusion signal (MI and SSVEP) from a single EEG channel for the BCI system.
Got the “Best excellent paper award” as the first author once (Domestic conference).
Got the “Best excellent paper award” as the second author once (Domestic conference).
Awards
Postdoctoral Fellow Award from Society of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 2024
Society of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Travel award from the McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 2024
McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Travel award from the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute 2024
Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute
Chinese government award for outstanding self finance students abroad 2022
China Scholarship Council, Chinese government
Best Paper Award 2022
ASCC 2022 Conference
Ph.D Fellow Scholarship 2018-2020
National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea
Outstanding Paper Award 2019
ICCAS 2019 Conference
Master Fellow Scholarship 2018-2020
Mid-Career Researcher Program through an NRF Grant funded by MEST, South Korea;
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIT) .
Best Excellent Paper Award (as first author) 2017
KISPS 2017 conference
Best Excellent Paper Award (as second author) 2017
KISPS 2017 conference
National First-class Scholarship 2015
China Government
National Excellence Award 2015
MIIT, China
Province Outstanding Students 2015
Shandong Province Government, China
Province Outstanding Cadres 2015
Shandong Province Government, China
Top-ten Public Welfare Volunteers 2015
Qingdao City Government
Top-ten Student 2015
Qingdao University
Province Second Prize in coding 2015
Qingdao City Government
First-class Scholarship (4 times) 2012-2016
Qingdao City Government