
Sam Cong
(he/him)
Neurobiology and Behavior PhD studentColumbia University
New York, New York
About
I am an incoming Neurobiology and Behavior PhD student at Columbia University.
I develop computational methods to understand and treat psychiatric and neurological disorders in real-world settings, working across the sensing spectrum—from wearable behavioral sensors to mobile and intracranial neural recordings.
These approaches span digital phenotyping, neural decoding, BCI, and closed-loop neurostimulation, with the overarching goal of building a unified real-time brain–behavior platform for personalized, adaptive care.
Education

PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior·Columbia University
Expected 2031

MA in Computational Social Science·University of Chicago
2023-2025

BSc in Applied Psychology·Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
2019-2023