My educational and professional training covers two disciplines and two continents.  I earned my M.D. in China, and taught at a medical school for three and a half years.  My interests in human behavior and the basic science behind medicine led me to pursue a doctoral degree in psychology/neuroscience in the United States.  I have a deep and abiding interest in the basic scientific study of the neurobiology of behavior, and my training in animal behavioral neuroscience has allowed me to pursue this area.  I also have a clinical and applied background and interests; this has prompted me to work on projects such as EEG biofeedback and EEG correlates of cognitive functions. The human and basic animal lines of research are complementary, and reflect my desire to study both basic biological mechanisms of behavior and more applied and practical aspects of human neuropsychology.  In addition, my personal background and history—earning graduate degrees in two countries, having taught at the college level in two countries, etc.— long ago stimulated an interest in the effects of culture on human behavior.  I have followed up on that interest, developed a new course on cross-cultural psychology, and completed research in the area. Finally, my passion for teaching has led me to complete several projects linked to pedagogy, and resulted in a publication and several conference presentations.