Education

2008-2014: Ph.D., Physiology and Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

2005-2008: M.S., Computational Neuroscience, School of Life Science, Nankai University

2001-2005: B.S., Biophysics, School of Physics, Nankai University

Professional Appointment

2021-present: Principal Investigator, Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR)

2014-2021: Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology

Awards and Honors

2019-2024: NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)

2015-2018: Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship

2013:          Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad

2013:           Academic Professional Development Award

2011:           Zach Hall Travel Award

Teaching Experience

2016: Lecturer, From Photon to Perception (Caltech Bi 023 Sec. 01)

Professional Service

Journal Reviewer

Nature Communication, The Journal of Neuroscience, Plos One, Scientific Reports, Journal of Neurophysiology, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Neural Processing Letters, Brain Research

Editor

Guest Editor for Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Member

Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Honor Society

Society for Neuroscience

Hobbies

Badminton, hiking