Dr Christina Mo
BSc(Hons), PhD
Senior Research Officer
Location
Parkville Campus
30 Royal Parade
Parkville Victoria 3052
Biography
Christina Mo is a systems neuroscientist and Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator exploring how the brain constructs perception and guides decision-making. She completed her BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience at the University of Western Australia and PhD at The Florey and the University of Melbourne.
During her postdoctoral training at the University of Chicago, Christina investigated the neural circuitry underlying cognition using population neural recordings and circuit manipulation (Nat Commun 2024, J Neurosci 2019, PNAS 2017). She returned to The Florey in 2022 as an NHMRC CJ Martin Fellow and Chief Investigator on an NHMRC Ideas Grant.
Her research group combines calcium imaging, optogenetics, trans-synaptic tracing, and advanced behavioural paradigms to uncover how neural circuits give rise to perception, and how these processes go awry in neuropsychiatric disorders.
Career highlights
Current roles
- Co-Director of Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN)
- Co-Chair of Equity in Science Committee at The Florey
Research project
Awards and achievements
- 2025 – Australasian Neuroscience Society Finkel Foundation Travelling Fellowship
- 2025 – Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Grant
- 2025 – Florey ‘Levelling-Up’ Promotions Award
- 2023 – Harold Mitchell Foundation Postdoctoral Travel Award
- 2023 – Florey Postdoctoral Association Career Development Award
- 2021 – A.W. Campbell Postdoctoral Award from Australasian Neuroscience Society
- 2020 – NHMRC Ideas Grant (Chief Investigator A)
- 2016 – NHMRC C J Martin Early Career Fellowship
- 2015 – Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in the PhD Thesis (University of Melbourne)
- 2015 – Dean’s Award for Excellence in a PhD Thesis (MDHS Faculty, University of Melbourne)
