Jimmy Y Zhong

Dr. Jimmy Zhong is a Cognitive Neuroscientist and Psychometrician who obtained his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Aging, and Quantitative Psychology from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2019. Prior to that, he obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. Dr. Zhong graduated as a top scholar at both NUS and Georgia Tech, winning numerous awards in the process. He was also a three-time winner of the Atlanta city design contests held by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) and had been recognized for his scholarly contribution to aging neuroscience research concerning age- and spatial memory-related brain hemodynamics at Georgia Tech. His primary academic/research interests relate to Cognitive Aging, Educational Neuroscience, Spatial Cognition and Navigation, Neuroscience of Consciousness, and Work Psychology. His aging neuroscience research investigating spatial navigation and memory mechanisms can be found in NeuroImage and the Frontiers in Neuroscience series (i.e., Aging Neuroscience, Human Neuroscience). He regards himself as a life-long learner and is always ready to widen his knowledge base and take on fresh research opportunities and intellectual challenges.