T. Christina Zhao received an undergraduate degree from Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, US) and a PhD from the University of Washington. After completing her postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, Zhao started her laboratory there in 2022.
Zhao’s research examines how early auditory learning takes place in the infant brain and how it relates to language development. She is a NOMIS & Science Award finalist for her essay “Bringing music back to our children: Greater exposure to music can benefit language learning in infants.”
