CV

General Information

Full Name Ruoying Zheng
Languages Chinese, English
Email r7zheng@ucsd.edu, zheng.ry@outlook.com

Education

  • 2023-
    Ph.D. Student in Experimental Psychology
    University of California San Diego
  • 2019-2022
    M.S. in Psychology
    Sun Yat-sen University
  • 2014-2018
    LL.B. in Intellectual Property
    South China University of Technology
  • 2014-2018
    B.Eng. in Computer Science & Technology (Second Degree)
    South China University of Technology

Research Experience

  • 2022 - 2023
    Research Assistant
    Social & Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, The University of Hong Kong

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    • Graduate Registration Stipend, Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Annual Convention
  • 2022
    • Outstanding Graduation Thesis, Sun Yat-sen University
  • 2021
    • Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, International Forum of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University
    • First Prize Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University
  • 2020
    • Second Prize Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University
  • 2019
    • Second Prize Scholarship, Sun Yat-sen University
  • 2017
    • Outstanding Student Leader Award, South China University of Technology
  • 2016
    • Outstanding Individual Award for Social Practice, South China University of Technology
    • Outstanding Student Award, South China University of Technology
    • Third Prize Scholarship, South China University of Technology

Academic Skills

Research Methods Psychophysics, EEG
Programming MATLAB, E-prime, JavaScript
Data Analysis MATLAB, SPSS, JASP, Mplus, Python, R
Modeling Structural equation modeling, Drift-diffusion model, Machine learning

Training

  • 2021
    Computational Neuroscience Courses
    Neuromatch Academy

Service

Ad Hoc Reviewer BMC Psychology

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant, University of California San Diego

    • PSYC 137 - Social Cognition (Winter 2025)
    • DPSYC 174 - Visual Cognition (Fall 2024)
    • PSYC 100 - Clinical Psychology (Winter 2024)
  • Teaching Assistant, Sun Yat-sen University

    • Experimental Psychology - Lab (Fall 2021)
    • Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Spring 2021)