Dr. Jian Chen 陈建博士
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jian Chen

Profile

Psychology lecturer and researcher with expertise in AI in psychology, numerical cognition, attention, mental health, addictive behaviour, and applied, community-focused research. Experienced in higher-education teaching, student supervision, program coordination, and research ethics administration, with hands-on skills in experimental design, psychophysiological methods, online research implementation, and quantitative analysis. Proven record of interdisciplinary collaboration, competitive grant activity, research dissemination, and translating evidence into education and community initiatives.

Expertise
  • AI applications in psychological research, education, and application
  • Experimental and cognitive psychology: numerical cognition, visual attention, mental health, ADHD, addictive behaviour
  • Human-subject methods: behavioural experiments, eye-tracking, EEG/ERP, NIRS, fMRI, EMG, online experimentation
  • Teaching, supervision, program coordination, research ethics support, cross-institutional and community collaboration
  • Quantitative analysis, systematic review and meta-analysis, survey design, research communication
Education
Sep 2014 – Dec 2019
PhD in PsychologyUniversity of Melbourne, Australia
Sep 2011 – Jul 2014
Master of Psychology (Research)Tsinghua University, China
Sep 2007 – Jun 2011
Bachelor of Science in PsychologySuzhou University of Science and Technology, China
Experience
Feb 2021 – Present
Lecturer | Institute for Social Neuroscience (ISN)Deliver teaching, conduct research, supervise students, coordinate programs, and contribute to institutional governance as HREC Secretary. Support research activity across numerical cognition, mental health, addiction-related behaviour, and community-focused applied psychology projects.
Dec 2020 – Dec 2021
Research Supervisor | Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Advanced), School of Psychological Sciences, Monash UniversitySupervised and evaluated fourth-year psychology research projects, including project planning, data collection, analysis, and research reporting.
Oct 2019 – Feb 2020
Research Associate | Attention Dynamics Lab, The University of MelbourneBuilt an EMG system and developed a user manual to support laboratory research workflows. Contributed to the design and development of a complex online clinical-population experiment using Qualtrics, Inquisit Web, and MTurk.
Nov 2019 – Dec 2019
Academic Associate | School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of MelbourneBuilt an online system to collect public responses to bushfire impacts and forest recovery, supporting national-scale data collection across Australia.
Mar 2018 – Aug 2018
Research Associate | Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, The University of MelbourneDesigned and ran experiments investigating the role of attention in visual enumeration. Set up eye-tracking and EEG systems and ran human-subject experiments.
Mar 2015 – Dec 2020
Tutor | The University of MelbourneTaught across Cognitive Psychology, Biological Psychology, Neuroscience and the Mind, and The Integrated Brain. Nominated for teaching excellence for four consecutive years.
2012 – 2013
Teaching Assistant | Tsinghua UniversitySupported Cognitive Psychology teaching in the 2012 and 2013 fall semesters.
Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Yang, J., Gauli, N., Shiwakoti, N., Tay, R., Deng, H., Chen, J., ... & Li, J. (2025). Examining the factors influencing pedestrian behaviour and safety: A review with a focus on culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Sustainability, 17(13), 6007.
  2. Chen, J., Paul, J. M., & Reeve, R. (2022). Manipulation of attention affects subitizing performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 139, 104753.
  3. Chen, J., Jiang, J., & Yuan, J. (2019). A retrospective review of Chinese translated name of schizophrenia. Sichuan Mental Health, 32(6), 548-551.
  4. Yuan, J., Hu, X., Chen, J., Bodenhausen, G. V., & Fu, S. (2019). One of us? How facial and symbolic cues to own- versus other-race membership influence access to perceptual awareness. Cognition, 184, 19-27.
  5. Chen, J., & Yuan, J. (2016). The neural causes of congenital amusia. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(30), 7803-7804.
  6. Chen, J., Yuan, J., Wang, H., Wang, Y., & Fu, S. (2013). C1 modulation effect and its modulators. Advances in Psychological Science, 21(3), 407-417.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

  1. Shiwakoti N., Yang J., Gauli N., Tay T., Deng H., Chen J., Nepal B., Li J. Enhancing pedestrian safety among CALD communities: Preliminary evidence from bilingual education interventions in Australia. Australasian Transport Research Forum Proceedings, 24-26 November 2026, Sydney, Australia. Talk
  2. da Costa G & Chen, J.* Math Anxiety Predicts Math Ability Among Adults, The Australasian Mathematical Psychology Conference, February 8th - 10th 2023, Melbourne, Australia. Talk
  3. Edmonds, D., & Chen, J.* Anxiety in lockdown: Where social support exceeds extraversion. Society for Affective Science Annual Meeting, 30 March - 2 April 2022. Poster
  4. Nicholas, A., & Chen, J.* Is the relationship between impulsivity and the addictive use of TikTok moderated by working memory capacity? Australasian Congress for Personality and Individual Differences, Canberra, Australia, 2021. Talk
  5. McCallum, E., & Chen, J.* The moderating effects of personality on self-esteem and addictive TikTok use. Australasian Congress for Personality and Individual Differences, Canberra, Australia, 2021. Poster
  6. Chen, J. Does subitizing require attention? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-research and Open Science Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2020. Poster Early Career Researcher Award.
  7. Chen, J., & Fu, S. Attentional modulation on the long-distance, pattern-dependent contextual effect. Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Singapore, 2015. Talk
  8. Yuan, J., Guo, S., Chen, J., Yang, X., Meng, M., & Fu, S. (2013). ERP correlates of graded and categorical face perception. Psychophysiology, 50, S54. Poster
  9. Chen, J., & Fu, S. Orientation-dependent figure-ground segregation in human primary visual cortex. Sixteenth Chinese National Conference on Psychology, Nanjing, China, 2013. Poster
  10. Peng, D., Chen, J., & Wei, H. The ERP detection of mental arithmetic strategies. Advanced Materials Research, 301-303, 834-839, 2011. Poster

Book

  1. Torrey, E. F. Surviving Schizophrenia, 6th Edition: A Family Manual. Book translation by Chen, J. et al., 2018. ISBN: 9787568909167.
Awards & grants
2023
Road Safety Education Program, in collaboration with RMIT and CCCAV. Transport Accident Commission, AUD $8,000.
2021–2022
COVID-19 Community Grants, in collaboration with CCCAV. Department of Health, Victorian Government, AUD $28,000.
2020
Early Career Researcher Award, Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-research and Open Science.
2018–2019
Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, University of Melbourne.
2015
Travel Grant, 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision, Singapore, SGD $500.
2014
Melbourne International Engagement Award, University of Melbourne, AUD $25,392 per annum for 3.5 years.
2014
Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship, University of Melbourne, AUD $33,856 per annum for 4 years.
2013
Tsinghua-Guanghua Scholarship, Tsinghua University, RMB 3,000.
2011
Dissertation Award, Suzhou University of Science and Technology.
2010
Merit Scholarship, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, RMB 500.
Social Responsibility

Social responsibility is an ethical concept in which a person works and cooperates with other people and organizations for the benefit of the community. In this spirit, I serve the Chinese-Australian community in Australia through leadership and committee roles in the following organisations.

2024 – Present
Secretary | Chinese Community Council of Australia, Victoria Chapter (CCCAV)www.cccav.org.auServe on the executive committee of Victoria's peak Chinese community organisation, supporting governance, administration, and coordination of community programs. CCCAV advocates for the welfare and cultural heritage of Chinese Australians, delivers community education and health programs (e.g., road safety for elderly and CALD pedestrians, COVID-19 health information, diabetes information sessions), runs youth leadership and anti-racism initiatives, and preserves heritage through projects such as the re-enactment of the Great Walk from Robe.
2026 – Present
Vice President | Melbourne CUAA Alliance Inc. (MCUAA)www.mcuaa.org.auSupport the leadership of MCUAA, a non-profit alliance of Chinese university alumni associations in Melbourne founded to foster exchange, fellowship, win-win cooperation, and mutual progress among alumni communities. Help coordinate resource sharing and joint events across member associations, including sports tournaments, cultural celebrations, and public lectures on topics such as mental health, robotics, and Australia-China relations.
2026 – 2027
President | Tsinghua University Alumni Association in Melbourne Inc. (TUAAM)www.tuaam.orgPresident of the Tsinghua University alumni association in Melbourne, registered in 2000 to connect alumni living and working in the greater Melbourne area. Lead the committee in organising alumni events, salons, networking opportunities, and community engagement, building on long-term service as a committee member of the association.