Jisheng Wu

A young East Asian man in a black suit jacket and blue shirt smiles gently, standing in a modern building with a red and black patterned carpet.

jwu36@nd.edu

Biography

Jisheng Wu earned his B.S. in Psychology and Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019. During his senior year, he joined the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory as an undergraduate research assistant and later continued as a graduate student in the lab. In 2025, he joined the University of Notre Dame with the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory to continue his doctoral studies.

Jisheng’s research primarily focuses on: (1) understanding how lifestyle factors influence brain and cognitive aging; and (2) conducting intervention studies designed to enhance cognitive performance and overall brain health. Using advanced methods in neuroimaging, psychology, and nutritional sciences, his work has examined how better nutrition, indexed by higher levels of specific blood-based nutrient biomarkers, may be associated with healthier patterns of brain and cognitive aging. His other projects include creating novel neuropsychological batteries for assessing causal reasoning, and developing non-invasive experimental protocols aimed at improving visual attention and working memory.