Weizhen Xie

Dr. Weizhen Xie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, affiliated with the Brain and Behavior Institute. His research bridges experimental psychology, neurology, and neurosurgery, focusing on cognitive neuroscience of human memory. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of California, Riverside, and completed postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

Education:

• PhD in Cognitive Psychology, University of California, Riverside
• BS, Renmin University of China

Research Interests: Dr. Xie investigates memory systems through interdisciplinary approaches, studying short-term/working memory, long-term memory, semantic knowledge, and decision-making. His work emphasizes neurobiological mechanisms using methods like fMRI, EEG/MEG, and mathematical modeling. The ICON Lab he leads explores how memory underpins complex mental processes in healthy and clinical populations.

Awards & Funding: Recipient of NIH K99/R00 and NINDS F32 fellowships. Research supported by National Institutes of Health grants.

Labs/Teams: Director of the Laboratory for Integrative Cognition and Neuroscience (ICON lab), dedicated to advancing data analysis techniques for behavioral and neural data interpretation.