Dr MEI is a vision neuroscientist and psychologist whose work bridges perceptual science, neural computation, and applied social sciences. Before joining APSS, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in PolyU’s School of Optometry under the Postdoc Matching Fund Scheme.

Dr MEI received her PhD in Psychology from Sun Yat-sen University, where she investigated the neural time course of lexical processing in natural reading using behavioral, eye-tracking, and EEG methods. Her earlier training spans timing perception, intracranial EEG collaborations with hospitals, visual–auditory temporal recalibration, and decision-making mechanisms in both human and animal models.

Her scientific work examines how visual perception emerges from the interaction of sensory processing, neural dynamics, and motor coordination. In the clinical domain, she has focused on vision restoration and rehabilitation in glaucoma, designing perceptual learning paradigms, EEG markers of attentional allocation, and MRI/MRS protocols to study neural plasticity and training-induced changes. She is also interested in computational modelling—including reinforcement learning and diffusion models—to understand active visual perception and decision-making.

At APSS, Dr MEI extends her expertise toward questions in social and cultural psychology. Her current work investigates how cultural values and personality traits—such as modesty—shape wise reasoning, life balance, and wellbeing. She also designs gene–environment interaction studies to examine how biological predispositions and social contexts jointly influence mental health outcomes. Her interdisciplinary background enables her to integrate neural, cognitive, social, and cultural levels of analysis, advancing evidence-based understanding relevant to human development and applied social sciences.

Dr MEI welcomes collaborations in vision science, computational neuroscience, mental wellbeing, and interdisciplinary approaches linking brain, behaviour, and society.

• Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology, Sun Yat-Sen University
• Master of Science, Basic Psychology, Capital Normal University
• Bachelor of Science, Animal Science, Shandong Agricultural University