Kongfatt Wong-lin

Biography

Dr. KongFatt Wong-Lin is a Senior Lecturer at the Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Computing and Engineering, Ulster University. He has previously led the Computational Neuroscience Research Team at the Centre. Before joining Ulster University, he was a research associate at Princeton University, USA, in mathematical and cognitive neurosciences, with affiliation to The Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Center for the Study of Brain, Mind and Behavior, and Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Prior to that, he received his Ph.D. in Physics with focus on Computational Neuroscience at Brandeis University, USA, with affiliation to the Volen National Center for Complex Systems.

Research Interest

Dr. Wong-Lin's research interest is in computational modelling and mathematical analysis of systems and cognitive neuroscience, including brain disorders and data science. He often works on the interface of biology, psychology, computing and mathematics. His excellent research in computational neuroscience has led to his receiving the Best Paper Award at the IJCNN 2011 international conference, and the 2016 Ulster University's Distinguished Research Fellowship Award. He was a Moore Institute Visiting Research Fellow at the National University of Ireland Galway in 2017. He is a reviewer for journals across multiple disciplines (e.g. neuroscience, psychology, computing, engineering and mathematics), and was a guest editor for Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. He is also a member of the UK EPSRC Peer Review Associate and has reviewed for grant proposals e.g. from UK BBSRC, MRC and ESRC. Reflecting his multidisciplinary research approach, he is a member of several professional societies, including Society for Neuroscience, British Neuroscience Association, IEEE and Society for Mathematical Biology. Dr. Wong-Lin has received, as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator, several external research grants including from RCUK, Innovate UK, Royal Society, Invest NI and the EU, to support various neuroscience and related projects.