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Research Assistant

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Developing an end-to-end pipeline integrating multimodal parent–infant play data (EEG, ECG, video, behavioral annotations) to derive novel social interaction metrics and train predictive models for early neurodevelopmental risk.

• Curate one of the largest datasets of its kind to train predictive models of infant neurodevelopmental profiles from as early as 12 months.
• Advance clinical translation by designing novel social interaction metrics with applications in both diagnostic and commercial settings.

Teaching Assistant

Nanyang Technological University

Introductory Psychology (Fall 2023; Spring 2025): graded coursework and facilitated tutorials.

Research Assistant

Sunway University

AGEWELL project on cognitive aging in a socioeconomically diverse Malaysian cohort.

• Recruited and assessed older adults (60+) with neuropsychological testing and EEG.
• Derived event-related potentials as neural markers of executive function and aging-related decline.
• Examined the protective role of cognitive reserve against age-related cognitive decline.

Research Assistant

Monash University Malaysia

Supported social- and cultural-psychology projects on stigma, dyadic interaction, and indigenous psychology.

• Conducted literature reviews and qualitative analyses (transcription, Malay-to-English translation, thematic coding) on cancer stigma.
• Applied the Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) to dyadic social-interaction data.
• Co-organized the Southeast Asian Indigenous Psychology Scientific Meetings (2021, 2022).

Part-Time Teacher

SK & SMK Bandar Tun Hussein Onn 2 (Malaysia)

Taught elementary and high-school classes (≈30 students per class).

Co-Organizer

Southeast Asian Indigenous Psychology Scientific Meeting

Coordinated two international meetings bringing regional scholars together to advance indigenous psychology.

Volunteer English Teacher

Monash University Malaysia

Taught English to a class of 15 Chin refugee children.

Master of Arts

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Psychology (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience)

Bachelor of Psychology (Hons)

Monash University Malaysia

Psychology

Bachelor of Psychology

Monash University Malaysia

Psychology

A*STAR Fully-Sponsored Master’s Studentship

Agency for Science, Technology and Research & Nanyang Technological University

Full tuition and stipend (∼USD 70,000) for MA studies.

Best Graduate Award

Monash University Malaysia

Top graduate of the BPsych(Hons) cohort.

Graduate Pathway Research Scholarship

Monash University Malaysia

Competitive research scholarship (∼USD 2,400).

Undergraduate Studies Loan Exemption

Malaysian National Higher Education Fund Corporation

Full exemption (∼USD 6,200) for outstanding academic performance.

Best Graduate Award

Monash University Malaysia

Top graduate of the BPsych cohort.

Monash High Achiever Award

Monash University Malaysia

Merit scholarship (∼USD 1,100).

Helicopter parenting and social competence among single Malaysian adults: Filial piety as a moderator

Journal of Adult Development

Among single Malaysian adults, perceived childhood helicopter parenting related to lower competence in relationship initiation only for those lower in reciprocal filial piety, with no associations for other social-competence domains.

Protocol to study dam–pup social transmission using a modified paradigm for transmission of food preference

STAR Protocols

Presents an optogenetic-compatible protocol to investigate neural mechanisms of social learning in mouse dam–pup dyads.

It’s a guy thing: Sex as a moderator of the relationship between social anxiety and perception of interpersonal warmth in initial heterosexual interactions

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

In initial opposite-sex interactions, higher social anxiety predicted perceiving less partner warmth among men but not among women.

Sociometric AI Screening Tool to Risk-Stratify Infant Neurodevelopmental Trajectories

Developing an early-screening framework from naturalistic parent–child interactions with children aged 6–36 months to identify neurodevelopmental risk.

• Developed play-based tasks indexing working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility in naturalistic parent–child contexts.
• Linked social contingency and EEG/ECG synchrony to emerging executive functions.
• Validated social interaction metrics against clinician ratings and standardized developmental screens for clinical translation.

Optogenetic Parent–Offspring Mouse Model of Neural Synchrony and Social Learning

Integrated behavioral assays with optogenetics to test the causal role of prefrontal neural synchrony in naturalistic parent–offspring social learning

• Applied recurrence quantification analysis to dam–pup interactions and foraging behavior.
• In vivo optogenetic manipulation; immunohistochemical verification of medial prefrontal targeting.
• Maintained and validated transgenic lines (e.g., PV-Cre/ChR2).