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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Yee Lee Shing

  • Education

    2004-2008 Doctorate in Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin/Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
    2002-2003 M.A. in Educational Psychology, University of Georgia, USA 
    2000-2002 BSc in Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
    1998-1999 Taylor’s College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
    Associate Diploma, CGPA: 3.7 Area of Concentration: Science

  • Academic and Professional Career

    2018-current W3 Professor in Developmental Psychology, Principal Investigator of Lifespan Cognitive and Brain Development (LISCO) Lab, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, 
    since 09/2023 Adjunct Fellow of the Max Planck School of Cognition
    2012–2021 Faculty member of the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE)
    2015-2017 Lecturer, Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, UK
    2012-2016 Minerva Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
    2010-2011 Research Scientist, Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
    2008-2009 Postdoctoral Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
    2007-2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
    2004-2007 Predoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

  • Instituional Responsibilities

    2021-current Member of the PhD committee, Ethics committee, and MSc Examination Board, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
    2019-current Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
    2019-current Member of 12 hiring committees of professorship, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
    2018-current Principal Investigator at the Brain Imaging Centre, Goehte University Frankfurt, Germany

  • Commissions of Trust

    2022-current Member of the Scientific Board of DFG CRC/TRR 135 ‘Mechanisms and disturbances in memory consolidation: From synapses to systems’
    2021-current Member of the Scientific Board of the Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA Center), Frankfurt
    2021-current Member of the Scientific Board of the Cluster project ‘The Adaptive Mind’ funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts (HMWK)

  • Fellowships, Awards and Third Party Funding

    2026-2032 Principal investigator, Cluster of Excellence “The Adaptive Mind”, German Research Foundation
    2025-2027 Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
    2024-2027 Principal investigator (together with Gemma Roig, Goethe University Frankfurt), subproject “Learning from Environment Through the Eyes of Children,” Priority Program (SPP2431 New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences), German Research Foundation,
    477230€ (for subproject)
    2023-2027 Principal investigator, subproject “The Emergence of Abstract Representations in Learning and Development,” Research Unit (FOR5368 Abstract Representations in Neural Architectures), German Research Foundation,
    405580€ (for subproject)
    2022-2026 Principal investigator (together with Claudia Buss, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin), subproject “Ontogenesis of Memory Consolidation: From Remembering Regularities to Specifics,” Collaborative Research Centre (SFB1315, Mechanisms and disturbances in memory consolidation: From synapses to systems), German Research Foundation,
    701600€ (for subproject)
    2022-2026 co-PI, “From Machine Learning to Machine Teaching (ML2MT) – Making Machines AND Humans Smarter”, VolkswagenStiftung,
    504,000€
    2021-2025 Principal investigator, “TAM – The Adaptive Mind” Cluster Project, Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts (HMWK) ,
    315689€ (for subproject)
    2018-2023 Principal investigator, Project "Predictive Memory Systems Across the Lifespan,” European Research Council Starting Grant,
    ~1410000€
    2018-2022 Principal investigator (together with Prof. Dr. Claudia Buss and Prof. Dr. Angela Kaindl, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin), subproject “Ontogenesis of Memory Consolidation: A Longitudinal Perspective,” Collaborative Research Centre (Mechanisms and disturbances in memory consolidation: From synapses to systems), German Research Foundation,
    ~466000€
    2018-2020 Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow,
    CHF 165000
    2017-2019 Principal investigator, (co-PIs: Emma R. Wood, University of Edinburgh; Rosamund F. Langston, University of Dundee), project “Development of Hippocampal Binding in Memory: An Investigation Linking Rodents and Humans,” Carnegie Collaborative Research Grants,
    50000 GBP
    2015-2018 Principal investigator (together with Christine Heim, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin), project “Delineating the Contribution of Glucocorticoid Pathways to Stress-Related Social Disparities in Cognitive Child Development,” Jacobs Foundation, Grant 2014–1151,
    500000€
    2014-2016 Co-investigator (PI: Markus Werkle-Bergner, MPIB), project “Hippocampal Subfield Contributions to Episodic Memory Formation: Child-Developmental Trends and Interaction with Top-Down Control During Adulthood,”  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation),
    ~200000€
    2012 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
    2011-2013 Principal investigator (Co-investigator: Yvonne Brehmer), project “Neural Mechanisms of Lifespan Age Differences in Episodic Memory Formation: Separating Associative and Strategic Components,”  
     Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation),
    ~100000€
    2011 Conference Travel Grant: International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience German Academic Exchange Service, Germany
    2009 Otto Hahn Medal for Outstanding Dissertation, Max Planck Society
    2009 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
    2004-2007 Doctoral stipend in graduate program of International Max Planck Research School “The Life Course: Evolutionary and Ontogenetic Dynamics (LIFE)”
    2002-2004 P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund,
    $9000
    2002 Ambassador’s Award (Embassy of Malaysia in the United States)
    2001  Frank Bellinghiere Memorial Scholarship,
    $500
    2000-2002 UNOmaha Non-Residential Scholarship
    2001 University Committee on Research Award, UNOmaha, project “Problem-Solving 
    Strategies and Academic Orientation”
    2001 University Committee on Research Award, UNOmaha, project “The Effects of Chronic Mild Stress and Fluoxetine on Body Temperature”

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