Chen Hanna Ryder (Ph.D.), is a Cognitive Neuropsychologist, Affective Neuroscientist, and Lecturer in the Faculties of Criminology and Education at Western Galilee College, Israel, where she co-chairs the Brain & Behavior Research Institute. She earned her PhD in Cognitive Neuropsychology/Psychobiology and Affective Neuroscience from the University of Haifa (2015) and completed post-doctoral training at Technion (virtual reality, neurocognition), Assuta Medical Center (neuroendocrinology), and the University of Lille, France (vagus nerve's immune role during stroke) (2015–2019). Dr. Ryder founded and directed the Brain Research Laboratory in the Neurology Department at Ziv Medical Center from 2013–2019 as Chief Neuroscientist, receiving the Women's Empowerment Excellence Award (2019). Her contributions earned the Outstanding Pre-Clinical Lecturer Award from Bar Ilan Faculty of Medicine (2021) and the Faculty Excellence Award from Western Galilee College (2024). Her expertise spans Psychopathology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, and Educational Psychology. Dr. Ryder's 21 publications address neuropsychology, neurology, psychopathology, neuro-pedagogy, wearable sensors, PTSD, and learning in special needs populations. Her work involves neurotechnology and neuro-pedagogical approaches for trauma-related conditions, neurodevelopmental disorders, medical neuropsychology, and cognitive processes within personalized medicine.