SH Annabel Chen is the President’s Chair Professor of Psychology at Nanyang Technological University, with joint appointments at LKC Medicine and the National Institute of Education. She leads the Centre for Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE) and the Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation. At CRADLE, she spearheads the Science of Learning research thrust, integrating insights from education, psychology, neuroscience, and technology to enhance Workforce and Lifelong Learning practices. A clinical neuropsychologist by training, She earned her Doctorate in Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology from Purdue University, completed a clinical psychology internship at West Virginia University School of Medicine, and a residency in clinical neuropsychology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She conducted her post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine's Lucas MRS/I Center, focusing on fMRI and TMS. Annabel employs cutting-edge neuroimaging and neuromodulation techniques, including fMRI, diffusion MRI, EEG, TMS, and tDCS, to investigate brain–behaviour relationships. Her research spans higher cognition in the cerebellum, the neuroscience for active aging, and the neuroscience of learning and education, advancing evidence-based interventions to promote lifelong learning and cognitive health.
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore
Psychology