Yibei Chen
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYibei Chen is a computational neuroscience postdoctoral researcher at MIT with nine years of experience bridging cognitive neuroscience, communication, and data-driven research. Trained with a PhD from UC Santa Barbara and earlier degrees from Fudan and Wuhan University, she combines rigorous experimental design with computational modeling to probe how communication shapes cognition. Her background includes teaching and curriculum development, open-source contribution experience through Google Summer of Code on Pydra, and practical industry exposure from roles at Tencent and 36Kr. Comfortable moving between lab, classroom, and code, she brings both deep domain expertise and a habit of translating complex findings into accessible insights. Colleagues describe her as a versatile scientist who pairs quantitative rigor with clear communication to push interdisciplinary projects forward.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia at Wuhan UniversityMaster of Arts - MA, Health Communication, Master of Arts - MA, Health Communication at Fudan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Communication, Cognitive Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Communication, Cognitive Neuroscience at UC Santa Barbara
Chinese, English
Github Skills (102)
dataflow10
dataflow-programming10
brain-imaging9
electrophysiology9
mri9
annotations9
interoperability9
dynamic-forms9
python9
datasets9
bids9
form-generator9
neuroimaging9
designer9
semantic-segmentation9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
medianeuroscience/nipype_repro
Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:28 commits, 1 push in 5 months
Yibeichan/Yibeichan.github.io
Jul 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:190 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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