Welcome to my website!

Hello! My name is pronounced as ‘Seen Dee,’ and my Chinese name is 邸新.

I am a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). My research primarily focuses on understanding brain connectivity and the organization of brain networks using advanced neuroimaging techniques like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). For more details about my work, you can explore my research page.

If you’re interested in my academic background and professional journey, please take a look at my CV.

Current projects

• Exploring eye-movement patterns and brain activity in autism spectrum disorder through deep learning-based eye-tracking with functional MRI: This project, funded by NJDOH, aims to validate the use of deep neural network models to extract eye gaze information from fMRI data and investigate gaze and brain activity alterations in autism spectrum disorder.

• Functional brain developments during movie watching and resting-state in autism spectrum disorder: This is a NIH funded project to study the developments of brain dynamic and stable connectivity in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing controls. Undergraduate research opportunities are available. Please contact me if you are interested.

Latest publications

• Preprint: Effects of Tasks on Functional Brain Connectivity Derived from Inter-Individual Correlations: Insights from Regional Homogeneity of Functional MRI Data
• Preprint: Explorations of using a convolutional neural network to understand brain activations during movie watching
• The Significance and Limited Influence of Cerebrovascular Reactivity on Age and Sex Effects in Task- and Resting-State Brain Activity

Click here for a full list of my publications