ABOUT ME
I am currently a Research Fellow working with Dr. David Leopold in NIMH and Dr. Afonso Silva in NINDS, NIH. My projects investigate the ventral stream processing of faces and other social stimuli in the marmoset.
I completed my Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in 2011, where I worked with Dr. Ed Connor in the Mind/Brain Institute to study 3D object shape coding properties in macaque inferotemporal cortex. [thesis, paper in Neuron].
I grew up in Taiwan, and earned my M.D. degree before pursueing basic neuroscience research in 2005.
See below for my C.V..
Education
2005-2011 Ph.D., Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
1998-2005 M.D., Chang Gung University Medical School, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Research Experience
2014-present Research Fellow,NINDS,NIH
Advisor: Dr. David Leopold & Dr. Afonso Silva
2012-2014 Post-doc Visiting Fellow, NIMH, NIH
Advisor: Dr. David Leopold & Dr. Afonso Silva
2005-2011 Graduate Research Assistant, Mind Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Advisor: Dr. Charles E. Connor
2001-2002Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Advisor: Dr. Chiang-Shan Ray Li
Work & Teaching Experience
2007 Teaching assistant, Neuroscience and Cognition II, Johns Hopkins University.
2004-2005 Medical Internships, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
1999-2003 Private tutor of high school math and physics of 5 students
Peer-reviewed Publications
Hung CC, Yen CC, Ciuchta, JL, Papoti D, Bock NA, Leopold DA, Silva AC. Functional Mapping of Face-Selective Regions in the Extrastriate Visual Cortex of the Marmoset.
The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(3): 1160-1172 January 2015
Hung CC, Carlson ET, Connor CE. Medial axis shape coding in macaque inferotemporal cortex. Neuron, 74:1099-1113, 2012
Fellowships
2009-2011 Studying Abroad Scholarship by Taiwan Government (SAS-98216-1-US-47)
awarded $16000 per year for 2 years
2002 Excellent paper award: Protein Classification by Profile Hidden Markov Model
by Foundation of Taiwan Medicine Development, awarded $1000 scholarship
Honors and Awards
2002 Mobilehero-Wireless Communication Programming Contest, Champion
prize: $1,000,000 Taiwan dollar ( ~$33,000 USD)
2002 Java Programming Contest, Taiwan. Second place
prize $100,000 Taiwan dollar (~$3,000 USD)
1997 National Problem Solving Contest on Internet, Champion
Mentorship
2013-present Julian R. Day-Cooney, post-baccalaureates, NIMH, NIH
Project: Neural responses to naturalistic movies in the marmoset using electrocorticography.
2012-2014 Jennifer L. Ciuchta, post-baccalaureates, NINDS, NIH
Project: Functional MRI of the visual pathway in conscious, awake marmoset.
Chia-chun (Alden) Hung M.D. Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae (Dec 2014)
Office Address
Section on Cognitive Neurophysiology and Imaging
Laboratory of Neuropsychology
NIMH, NIH
Building 49, Room B1C-60, MSC-4400
49 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892 USA