Changyao Ma is a Master’s student in physics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in physics from Jilin University. Her research interests include computational neuroscience, network science, and interdisciplinary topics such as economics and sociology that can be explored with complexity science perspective. Her research experience includes olfactory navigation algorithms and Chimera states in neuronal networks. Outside of academia, Changyao enjoys playing sports, travelling and watching films.