Yun-Chen Jennifer Hung 洪勻蓁

hello!

I am a second-year PhD student working with Dr. Qiong Zhang at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. My research lies primarily in cognitive modeling of human memory to reverse-engineer the brain.

Previously, I worked with Dr. Anastasia Kiyonaga and Dr. Tim Brady on my undergraduate honors thesis on the flexibility of pupillary signals under different working memory task strategies. Moreover, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Armin Schwartzman on Exploring Working Memory Task Predictability using fMRI Data.

Outside of research, I enjoy traveling with friends✈️, eating cardamom buns, and I completed a half marathon this year🏃

news

Nov 09, 2026 Our work on gaze pattern reinstatement during working memory maintenance is now published in Journal of Neuroscience!
Jun 19, 2026 Our work on studying how pupil size flexibly adapts to visual working memory task strategies is now published in iScience!
Jun 15, 2025 I am honored to be selected as the first-place recipient for the Robert Glushko ‘79 Cognitive Science Honors Thesis Award 2025!
Apr 30, 2025 I will be joining the Memory Optimization Lab at Rutgers University as a PhD student under the guidance of Dr. Qiong Zhang this fall!