Sam Cong

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.

📱 Digital Phenotyping🧠 Neural Decoding & BCI⚡ Closed-loop Neurostimulation

Education

News

👥💬 I attended ASCP (American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology) meeting in Miami to present my work that embedded depression treatment in a dynamic network perspective.
👥💬 I presented my digital phenotyping work on greenspace exposure and stress dynamics at American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting in SF.
🏫 I committed to Columbia University's Neurobiology and Behavior PhD program and will be heading to New York City this summer!
💼 I started as a full-time research assistant in John Torous' lab, working on a number of digital phenotyping projects.
🎓 I graduated from the University of Chicago with my MA in Computational Social Science.