Dr. Shen is a research scientist in the Lurie Family Foundation's MEG Imaging Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her research uses primarily electroencephalogram (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and diffusor tensor imaging (DTI) to characterize multisensory perception and integration, particularly in relation to fine motor skills learning and speech/language development. Her current projects focus on the functional and structural brain measures of multisensory integration in infant speech learning and the correlation with behavioral outcome.

Dr. Shen's recent research includes:

• Resting-state alpha activity in children with Autism (MEG, DTI)
• Categorical perception of lexical tones by second language learners (EEG, multifocal moor neuropathy)
• Body representation and somatosensory perception (EEG, alpha and beta ossilation)
• Executive control and selective attention in infants (EEG, alpha endoplasmic reticulum storage diseases).

PhD, Columbia University (Biobehavioral Sciences), 2015

MS, Columbia University (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), 2011

BA, Zhejiang University (English Language and Literature), 2008

Scientist

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Acoustic Society of America

Society for Neuroscience

Dissertation Grant (Columbia University), 2015

Infant Multisensory Integration and Speech Development: A Multimodal Imaging Study
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
K01 Award
2021 – 2026