KEYWORDS

Emotion; Social; Face; Moral; Mental Disorders; Multimodal; Neuroimaging; MRI/fMRI; EEG/ERP.

EDUCATION

2003-2008  Ph.D. in Biophysics                           Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, The University of Science and Technology of China, China

⮚     Specializing in cognitive neuroscience.

⮚     Examining neural and behavioral correlates of internet addiction and smoking.

1998-2003  B.A. in Applied Physics                    Department of Modern Physics, The University of Science and Technology of China, China

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Department of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2022-          Assistant Professor             

Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, USA

2019-2022  Research Scientist              

⮚     Playing multiple roles in designing & evaluating experiments, analyzing & reporting data, and supervising juniors in a multi-disciplinary team to investigate human biomarkers

of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and moral injury.

2015-2019 Senior Research Associate

⮚     Leading the study to dissociate the neural correlates of moral injury and PTSD. 

⮚     Investigating brain structures and functions of PTSD.

Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2014-2015  Research Associate                      

⮚     Examining midbrain responses to affective processing.

⮚     Exploring the neural correlates of gaze & social decision making.

2012-2014  Research Assistant Professor     

⮚     Teaching Human Neuropsychology (PSYC0054 & PSYC305).

⮚     Investigating neural underpinnings of face attractiveness and expression.

⮚     Studying brain signals of dishonesty, including making decisions, implementation, and evaluation.

2009-2012  Post-Doc Fellow                            

⮚     Exploring neural underpinnings of affective processing in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).

⮚     Conducting neuroimaging studies on face familiarity and lie detection.

ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDs

2020   Interviewed & reported by DANA Foundation for my study of Moral Injury

2019   Top 1% peer reviewer in cross-field, awarded by PUBLON

2017   Top 1% peer reviewer in Neuroscience, awarded by PUBLON

2017   Top 1% peer reviewer in Social Sciences, awarded by PUBLON

ACADEMIC SOCIETY

2018- The Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics by Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium, PTSD section

JOURNAL EDITOR

2019-          Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Cognitive Neuroscience

2019-          Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Public Mental Health

2017-2019  Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

2019-          Review Editor, Frontiers in Addictive Disorders

2019-          Review Editor, Frontiers in Brain Imaging Methods

2019-          Review Editor, Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience

2019-          Review Editor, Frontiers in Consciousness Research

2019-          Review Editor, Frontiers in Anxiety and Stress Disorder

JOURNAL REVIEWER

IF=Impact Factor

American Journal of Psychiatry (IF=18.112); Nature Communications (IF=14.920); Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews (IF=8.989); Depression and Anxiety (IF=6.505); NeuroImage (IF=6.556); Translational Psychiatry (IF=6.222); Bipolar Disorders (IF=6.744); Human Brain Mapping; Scientific Reports; Addiction Biology; Internet Research; Brain Imaging and Behavior; Brain, Behavior, and Immunity; Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience; Neuroscience; Neuroscience Bulletin; Frontiers in Neuroscience; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience; Frontiers in Neurology; Frontiers in Psychiatry; Frontiers in Psychology; PLoS One; Social Neuroscience; Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience; Neuropsychologia; Brain Connectivity; Journal of Affective Disorder; Neuroimage: Clinical. Obesity; IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering; European Journal of Neuroscience; Psychosomatic Medicine; Gerontology

INTRAMURAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2012-2014  Ethics Committee Member, Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong

RESEARCH GRANTS

Principal Investigator

2018-2019  VISN 6 MIRECC & Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

   US$ 20,000, “Neural Correlates of Moral Transgression in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Having Versus Having Not Moral Injury”                                                              

2017-2018  VISN 6 MIRECC & Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

   US$ 20,000, “Effects of Moral Injury on the Structure and Functional Organization of the Brain”  

2011-2013  The Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, HK

   HK$ 30,000, “Neural basis of social cooperation among Chinese (201007176233)”  

Co-Investigator

2016-2017  Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China

   CNY 60,000, “Drinking and human brain (2017ECNU-HWFW024)”                                                                                                                            

2011-2013  National Nature Science Foundation of China, China

CNY 340,000, “Brain mechanism of drinking on human emotional processing”       

PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar h-index=17, h-10 index=24; Number of Google Scholar Citations=1003 as of 09/02/22

Journal Articles (35 accepted and 1 under review)

IF=Impact Factor, ^†=5 representative publications

●       ^†Sun, D., Adduru, V. R., Phillips, R. D., Bouchard, H. C., Sotiras, A., Michael, A. M., Baker, F. C., Tapert, S. F., Brown, S. A., Clark, D. B., Goldston, D., Nooner, K. B., Nagel, B. J., Thompson, W. K., De Bellis, M., Morey, R. A. (2022). Alcohol Use Disrupts Age-Appropriate Cortical Thinning in Adolescence: A Data Driven Approach. Neuropsychopharmacology, In Press. (IF=8.294)

●       ^†Sun, D., Rakesh, G., ENIGMA-PGC-PTSD Working Group, Morey, R. A. (2022). A Comparison of Methods to Harmonize Cortical Thickness Measurements Across Scanners and Sites. Neuroimage, 261, 119509. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119509. (IF=7.400)

●       ^†Sun, D., Rakesh, G., ENIGMA-PGC-PTSD Working Group, Morey, R. A. (2022). Remodeling of the Cortical Structural Connectome in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Results From the ENIGMA-PGC Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Consortium. Biological Psychiatry: CNNI. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.02.008. (IF=6.050)

●       Bouchard, H. C., Sun, D., …, Morey, R. A. (2022). Age-dependent white matter disruptions after military traumatic brain injury: Multivariate analysis results from ENIGMA brain injury. Human Brain Mapping, 43, 2653-2667. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25811. (IF=5.399)

●       Kennedy, E., Dennis, E. L., …, Sun, D., … (2022). Harmonizing PTSD severity scales across instruments and sites. Neuropsychology. doi: 10.1037/neu0000823.(IF=3.489)

●       Rakesh, G., Sun, D., ENIGMA-PGC-PTSD Working Group, Morey, R. A. (2022). Structural Covariance Networks in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Multisite ENIGMA-PGC Study. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2021.03.13.432212.

●       Zheng, Y., Garrett, M., Sun, D., …, Morey, R. A. (2021). Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder modulate polygenic predictors of hippocampal and amygdala volume. Translational Psychiatry, 11, 637. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01707-x. (IF=7.989)

●       ^†Sun, D., Gold, A. L., Swanson, C. A., Haswell, C. C., Brown, V. M., Stjepanovic, D., LaBar, S. K., Morey, R. A. (2020). Threat-Induced Anxiety During Goal Pursuit Disrupts Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Translational Psychiatry, 10, 61. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0739-4. (IF=7.989)

●       Zhao, Y., Sun, D., Bouchard, H. C., Zhang, X., Wan, G., Hao, Y., He, S., Jiang, Y., Pang, L. (2020). Coronavirus Disease 2019 versus Influenza A in Children: An Observational Control Study in China. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 33(8), 617-622. doi:10.3967/bes2020.080. (IF=3.118)

●       Zhao, Y., Zhao, W., Wang, A., Qian, F., Wang, S., Zhuang, L., Zhang, F., Sun, D., Gao, G. (2020). First case of coronavirus disease 2019 in childhood leukemia in china. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 39(7), e142-145. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002742. (IF=2.129)

●       ^† Sun, D. (* Corresponding Author), Phillips, R. D., Mulready, H. L., Zablonski, S. T., Turner, J. A., Turner, M. D., . . . Morey, R. A. (2019). Resting-state brain fluctuation and functional connectivity dissociate moral injury from posttraumatic stress disorder. Depression and Anxiety. doi:10.1002/da.22883. (IF=8.128)

●       Morey, R. A., Davis, S. L., Haswell, C. C., Naylor, J. C., Kilts, J. D., Szabo, S. T., ...Sun, D., ... Marx, C. E. (2019). Widespread Cortical Thickness Is Associated With Neuroactive Steroid Levels. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, 1118. doi:10.3389/fnins.2019.01118. (IF=5.152)

●       Liu, Y., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., de Graaf, Y., Ames, S. L., Baldacchino, A., Bo, R., . . . Sun, D., ...Wiers, R. W. (2019). Is (poly-) substance Use associated with impaired inhibitory control? A meta-analysis controlling for confounders. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 105, 288-304. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.07.006. (IF=9.052)

●       Yang, Q., Zhu, B., Zhang, Q., Wang, Y. C., Hu, R. H., Liu, S. M., & Sun, D. (2019). Effects of Male Defendants' Attractiveness and Trustworthiness on Simulated Judicial Decisions in Two Different Swindles. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi: ARON 2160/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02160. (IF=4.232)

●       Sun, D., Haswell, C. C., Morey, R. A., & De Bellis, M. D. (2018). Brain structural covariance network centrality in maltreated youth with PTSD and in maltreated youth resilient to PTSD. Development and Psychopathology, 1-15. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418000093. (IF=5.317)

●       Sun, D., Davis, S. L., Haswell, C. C., Swanson, C. A., LaBar, K. S., Fairbank, J. A., . . . Workgrp, M.-A. M. (2018). Brain Structural Covariance Network Topology in Remitted Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9. doi: ARTN 90/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00090. (IF=5.435)

●       Sun, D., Shao, R. B., Wang, Z. X., & Lee, T. M. C. (2018). Perceived Gaze Direction Modulates Neural Processing of Prosocial Decision Making. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12. doi: ARTN 52/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00052. (IF=3.473)

●       Chen, L. W., Sun, D.* (co-first author), Davis, S. L., Haswell, C. C., Dennis, E. L., Swanson, C. A., . . . Workgroup, M.-A. M. (2018). Smaller hippocampal CA1 subfield volume in posttraumatic stress disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 35(11), 1018-1029. doi: 10.1002/da.22833. (IF=8.128)

●       Phillips, R. D., Wilson, S. M., Sun, D., Morey, R., & Workgrp, V. M. M. (2018). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Network Analysis in U.S. Military Veterans: Examining the Impact of Combat Exposure. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9. doi: ARTN 608/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00608. (IF=5.435)

●       Sun, D., Peverill, M. R., Swanson, C. S., McLaughlin, K. A., & Morey, R. A. (2017). Structural covariance network centrality in maltreated youth with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 98, 70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.12.015. (IF=5.800)

●       Yin, L. J., Fan, M. X., Lin, L. J., Sun, D., & Wang, Z. X. (2017). Attractiveness Modulates Neural Processing of Infant Faces Differently in Males and Females. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11. doi: ARTN 551/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00551Addiction, 1010, 203-215. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-5562-1_10. (IF=3.473)

●       Sun, D., Lee, T. M., Wang, Z., & Chan, C. C. (2016). Unfolding the Spatial and Temporal Neural Processing of Making Dishonest Choices. PLoS One, 11(4), e0153660. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153660. (IF=3.752)

●       Shao, R., Sun, D., & Lee, T. M. C. (2016). The interaction of perceived control and Gambler's fallacy in risky decision making: An fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping, 37(3), 1218-1234. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23098. (IF=5.399)

●       Sun, D., Lee, T. M. C., & Chan, C. C. H. (2015). Unfolding the Spatial and Temporal Neural Processing of Lying about Face Familiarity. Cerebral Cortex, 25(4), 927-936. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bht284. (IF=4.816)

●       Sun, D., Chan, C. C. H., Hu, Y., Wang, Z. X., & Lee, T. M. C. (2015). Neural correlates of outcome processing post dishonest choice: An fMRI and ERP study. Neuropsychologia, 68, 148-157. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.013. (IF=3.054)

●       Sun, D., Chan, C. C. H., Fan, J. T., Wu, Y., & Lee, T. M. C. (2015). Are Happy Faces Attractive? The Roles of Early vs. Late Processing. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. doi: ARTN 1812/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01812. (IF=4.232)

●       Lee, T. M. C., Sun, D., Wong, N. M. L., Shao, R. B., Men, W. W., Ge, J. Q., . . . Chan, C. C. H. (2015). A Pontine Region is a Neural Correlate of the Human Affective Processing Network. Ebiomedicine, 2(11), 1799-1805. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.10.020. (IF=11.205)

●       Ho, N. S. P., Sun, D.* (co-first author), Ting, K. H., Chan, C. C. H., & Lee, T. M. C. (2015). Mindfulness Trait Predicts Neurophysiological Reactivity Associated with Negativity Bias: An ERP Study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. doi: Artn 212368/10.1155/2015/212368. (IF=2.650)

●       Lee, T. M. C., Sun, D., Leung, M. K., Chu, L. W., & Keysers, C. (2013). Neural activities during affective processing in people with Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 34(3), 706-715. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.06.018. (IF=5.133)

●       Li, N., Ma, N., Liu, Y., He, X. S., Sun, D., Fu, X. M., . . . Zhang, D. R. (2013). Resting-State Functional Connectivity Predicts Impulsivity in Economic Decision-Making. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(11), 4886-4895. doi: 10.1523/Jneurosci.1342-12.2013. (IF=6.709)

●       Sun, D., Chan, C. C. H., & Lee, T. M. C. (2012). Identification and Classification of Facial Familiarity in Directed Lying: An ERP Study. Plos One, 7(2). doi: ARTN/e31250/10.1371/journal.pone.0031250. (IF=3.240)

●       Zhang, H. J., Sun, D. (co-first author), & Lee, T. M. C. (2012). Impaired social decision making in patients with major depressive disorder. Brain and Behavior, 2(4), 415-423. doi: 10.1002/brb3.62. (IF=2.708)

●       Ma, N., Li, N., He, X. S., Sun, D., Zhang, X. C., & Zhang, D. R. (2012). Rejection of Unfair Offers Can Be Driven by Negative Emotions, Evidence from Modified Ultimatum Games with Anonymity. Plos One, 7(6). doi: ARTN/e39619/10.1371/journal.pone.0039619. (IF=3.240)

●       Sun, D., Chen, Z. J., Ma, N., Zhang, X. C., Fu, X. M., & Zhang, D. R. (2009). Decision-Making and Prepotent Response Inhibition Functions in Excessive Internet Users. Cns Spectrums, 14(2), 75-81. doi: 10.1017/S1092852900000225. (IF=4.604)

●       Zhang, X. C., Chen, X. C., Yu, Y. Q., Sun, D., Ma, N., He, S., . . . Zhang, D. R. (2009). Masked Smoking-Related Images Modulate Brain Activity in Smokers. Human Brain Mapping, 30(3), 896-907. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20552. (IF=5.038)

●       Sun, D., Ma, N., Bao, M., Chen, X. C., & Zhang, D. R. (2008). Computer games: a double-edged sword? Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 11(5), 545-548. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0145. (IF=6.135)

Book Chapter (2 published)

●       Sun, D. (2017). Development of New Diagnostic Techniques - Machine Learning. Substance and Non-Substance Addiction, 1010, 203-215. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5562-1_10

●       Sun, D., and Lee, T.M.C (2012). Neural correlates and modulation factors of risky decision making. The research progress of neuroscience and social science in China, 10, 176-188. Beijing: Science Press.

Invited Symposia and Plenary Lectures

●       Sun, D. (*Invited Speaker), Thompson, P., ENIGMA PGC PTSD Working Group, Morey, R. ComBat Variants. The 27^th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), ENIGMA eMeeting; 06/2021.

●       Sun, D. (* Invited Speaker). Comparing Harmonization Methods Based on Cortical Thickness. ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Meeting; 05/2021.

●       Sun, D. (* Invited Speaker). Dynamic Resting-State Functional Connectivity in PTSD. ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Meeting; 04/2021.

●       Sun, D. (* Invited Speaker). Phenotypic Correlation Explained by Genetics. ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Meeting; 12/2020.

●       Sun, D. (*Invited Speaker), Zhang, Y.C., Logue, M., Morey, R. Coupling of Genetic Correlation & Phenotypic Correlation. Imaging Genetics Meeting; 09/2020.

●       Sun, D. (* Invited Speaker). Structural Covariance in Top-N Regions in PTSD. ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Meeting; 08/2020.

●       Sun, D. (* Invited Speaker). Cross-Disorder Secondary Analysis: PTSD, MDD, OCD, and Bipolar. ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Meeting; 08/2019.

●       Sun, D. (* Invited Speaker). Secondary Analysis Based on Structural Covariance in PTSD. ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Meeting; 07/2019.

●       Sun, D. (* Invited Speaker). Non-Negative Matrix Factorization. ENIGMA-PGC PTSD Meeting; 10/2018.

●       Sun D. (*Invited Speaker). Unpredictable Threat Elicits Disrupted Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Functional Connectivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Anxiety and Depression Conference (ADAA) 38^th Annual Conference, Washington DC, USA: 03/2018.

Conference Abstracts (20 published)

●       Sun, D., Adduru, V.R., Phillips, R.D., Sotiras, A., Michael A.M., De Bellis, M., Morey, R.A. (2021). Drinking Modulates Age-Appropriate Cortical Thinning in Adolescence: A Data Driven Approach. Society of Biological Psychiatry's 2021 Virtual Meeting; 04/2021.

●       Sun, D., Rakesh, G., Clarke-Rubright, E., Haswell, C., ENIGMA PGC PTSD Working Group, Morey, R.A. (2020). Network-Based Cortical Atrophy in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Results from the ENIGMA PGC PTSD Consortium. The 26^th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM); 06/2020.

●       Morey, R., Salminen, L., Wang, X., Dennis, E.L., Logue, M., Sun, D., Clarke, E., Clausen, A.N., Jahanshad, N., Thompson, P.M. (2020). Multisite ENIGMA and PGC Consortium Findings From Multimodal Neuroimaging of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Biological Psychiatry, 87(9): S25-S26.

●       Sun, D., Adduru, V.R., Sotiras, A., Phillips, R.D., Michael, A.M., De Bellis M., Morey, R.A. (2019). Adolescent Binge Drinking Leads to Accelerated Age-Associated Decline in Cortical Thickness: A Data Driven Approach. 58th Annual Meeting of American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), Florida, USA; 12/2019.

●       Bouchard, H., Sun, D., Morey, R. A. (2019). Resting-State Brain Network in U.S. Veterans With Subconcussive Blast Exposure. 58th Annual Meeting of American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), Florida, USA; 12/2019.

●       Marx, C., Davis, S., Haswell, C., Naylor, J., Kilts, J., Szabo, S., Shampine, L., Sun, D., Morey, R. A. (2019). Neuroactive Steroid Levels are Associated With Cortical Thickness. 58th Annual Meeting of American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), Florida, USA; 12/2019.

●       Rakesh, G., Thompson, P., Dennis, E., Jahanshad, N., ... , Morey, R. A., Sun, D. (2019). Structural Covariance Analyses of Cortical Thickness and Surface Area Measures: - A Multisite ENIGMA – PGC Study. 58th Annual Meeting of American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), Florida, USA; 12/2019.

●       Sun, D., Phillipsa R.D., Mulready M.L., Zablonski S.T., Turner J.A., Turner M.D., McClymondd K., Nieuwsma J.A., Morey R.A. (2018). Moral Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Are Dissociated by Resting-State Spontaneous Brain Activity. Society for Social Neuroscience 2018 Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA; 11/2018.

●       Sun, D., Phillipsa R.D., Mulready M.L., Zablonski S.T., Turner J.A., Turner M.D., McClymondd K., Nieuwsma J.A., Morey R.A. (2018). Individual Differences of Spontaneous Angular Gyrus Brain Activity in Dissociating Moral Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Society of Biological Psychiatry's 73rd Annual Scientific Program and Convention, New York, USA; 05/2018.

●       Ahrari S., Sun D., Swanson C., Cuff B., Haswell C., Chen N., Naylor J., Kilts J., Marx C., Morey R.A. (2018). Effects of Pregnenolone Administration on Emotion Regulation Neurocircuits in Trauma Brain Injury. Society of Biological Psychiatry's 73rd Annual Scientific Program and Convention, New York, USA; 05/2018.

●       Phillips R.D., Wilson S.M., Sun D., Morey R.A. (2018). Network analysis of clinical and subthreshold PTSD in U.S. veterans: examining the impact of combat vs. non-combat trauma. Anxiety and Depression Conference (ADAA) 2018 38th Annual Conference, Washington DC, USA; 03/2018.

●       Sun D., Gold A.L., Swanson C.A., Haswell C.C., Brown V.M., LaBar K.S., McCarthy G., and Morey R.A. (2017). Disrupted Amygdala-Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Functional Connectivity in Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Society of Biological Psychiatry's 72nd Annual Scientific Program and Convention, San Diego, California, USA; 05/2017.

●       Sun D., Haswell C.C., Morey R.A., and De Bellis M.D. (2016). Remodeling of Structural Brain Network Topology in Maltreated Youth With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. 55th Annual Meeting of American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), Florida, USA; 12/2016.

●       Shao R.B., Sun D., and Lee T.M.C. (2015). Risky decision making: The interaction of illusions of control (IoC) and gamblers’ fallacy (GF) at behavioral and neural levels. Third Asian Pacific Behavioral and Addiction Medicine Conference, Singapore; 11/2015.

●       Sun, D., Chan, C. C. H., Shao, R., Wang, Z., Lee, T. M. C. (2015). Eye Gaze and Social Decision Making: Behavioral and fMRI Studies. 21st Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Hawaii, USA; 06/2015.

●       Ho, N., Sun, D., Ting, K., Chan, C. C. H., Lee, T. M. C. (2014). Meditation Modulates both Early and Late Affective Processing: An ERP Study. 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Hamburg, Germany; 06/2014.

●       Sun, D., Chan, C. C. H., Lee, T. M. C. (2012). Deception, Risk-Taking In Social Interactions: An ERP Study. 8th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Barcelona, Spain; 07/2012.

●       Chan, C. C. H., Fan, J., Lee, T. M. C., Sun, D., Ting, K. (2012). N170 differentiating processing of facial attractiveness and emotion: An ERP Study. 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Beijing, China; 06/2012.

●       Sun, D., Lee, T. M. C., Chu, L. W., Mak, H. K. F., Leung, M. K. (2011). Affective Perception In Alzheimer’s Disease. Croucher Foundation Alzheimer's Disease Conference, Hong Kong; 07/2011.

●       Sun, D., Lee, T. M. C. (2010). Neural Signals Associated With Deception. 2nd International Conference on Neuroeconomics and Neuromanagement, Hangzhou, China; 06/2010.

My current research interests are to understand the neural anatomy and neural functions of mental disorders including anxiety, depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Moral Injury. I am also interested in social neuroscience, including face recognition (expression, attractiveness, and familiarity), social interaction (dishonesty, cooperation), and affective processing. My research methods include behavioral, neuroimaging (MRI/fMRI), and neurophysiological (EEG/ERP) recordings.