People

Quan Wen (温泉) : Principal Investigator

Quan Wen (温泉)

Principal Investigator

Quan received his BS in Physics from Fudan University (复旦大学) , and PhD in Physics from Stony Brook University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York. After a short stay at HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus, he did postdoctoral research in the Department of Physics and Center for Brain Science at Harvard University. He is now a Professor in the School of Life Sciences at University of Science and Technology of China.

qwen@ustc.edu.cn
Tianqi Xu (许天琦) : Postdoc

Tianqi Xu (许天琦)

Postdoc

Tianqi is a fifth-year graduate student. He received his BS degree in Biology in June 2014 from Lanzhou University  (兰州大学). He has broad interest in Science and will strive to apply various methods in physics, engineering and biology to tackling important questions in systems neuroscience. In his spare time, he likes hiking and mountain climbing.

xutq@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yuming Chai (柴宇明) : PostDoc

Yuming Chai (柴宇明)

PostDoc

Yuming is a sixth-year graduate student. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Biology from Huazhong Agricultural University (华中农业大学).

ymchai@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Kun He (何昆) : Administrative Assistant

Kun He (何昆)

Administrative Assistant

Kun received her Master degree in Biology from Zhejiang Normal University (浙江师范大学) in 2013. In her spare time, she likes to play chess and practice yoga. She also likes to watch debate competition.

hekun818@ustc.edu.cn
Kexin Qi (齐珂心) : Graduate Student

Kexin Qi (齐珂心)

Graduate Student

Kexin is a sixth year graduate student. She received her Bachelor degree in Biology from Shandong University. She is now interested in image processing and data analysis. In her spare time, she likes playing video games and watching movies.

kexinqi@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Qi Liu (刘旗) : Graduate Student

Qi Liu (刘旗)

Graduate Student

Qi is a graduate student. He is an unpretentious young man 🙂

liuqustc@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Chen Zheng (郑晨) : Graduate Student

Chen Zheng (郑晨)

Graduate Student

Chen received his Bachelor's degree in Biology Science from Anhui Normal University. He is currently a third-year graduate student specializing in neuroscience. Chen has a keen interest in exploring the fascinating field of neuroscience and its intricate workings. In his leisure time, he enjoys indulging in the art of cinema by watching movies.

zhengchen@mail.ustc.edu.cn
YUXIANG WU(吴宇翔) : Graduate Student

YUXIANG WU(吴宇翔)

Graduate Student

Yuxiang is a graduate student in the Department of Neurobiology and biophysics, USTC, and is interested in Computational Neuroscience. He believes the biological brain is a theoretical and engineering source of Artificial General Intelligence.

elephantameler@gmail.com
ZEZHEN WANG(王泽臻) : Graduate Student

ZEZHEN WANG(王泽臻)

Graduate Student

ZeZhen is a graduate student,he received his Bachelor degree in Biophysics from USTC.He is interested in Computational Neuroscience.

wzz1999@mail.ustc.edu.cn
PING WANG(王平) : Graduate Student

PING WANG(王平)

Graduate Student

Ping is a third-year graduate student. He received his BS degree in Biology from Northwest A&F University(西北农林科技大学). He is now interested in computational neuroscience. In his spare time, he likes reading novels and watching anime.

wp_19980907@163.com
Daguang Li (李大光) : Graduate Student

Daguang Li (李大光)

Graduate Student

Daguang recieved his Bachelor degree in Physics from University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei), and Master degree in Computer Science from Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing). He is pursuing his PhD in Neuroscience since 2021, in Wen Lab, School of Life Science, USTC(Hefei). He is now interested in theoretical and computational neuroscience, especially understanding the neural mechanics of behavior structure of larval zebrafish.

hrcs@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Runhui Li (李润晖) : Graduate Student

Runhui Li (李润晖)

Graduate Student

Runhui is a graduate student of School of Life Science, USTC. As a beginner, she hopes to gain more experience in neuroscience research at the Wen Lab. Participating in the experimental project makes her feel fulfilled. In her spare time, she likes to paint and raise plants.

 

lasio@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Rongkang Xiong (熊荣康) : Graduate Student

Rongkang Xiong (熊荣康)

Graduate Student

Rongkang is a graduate student, he received his Bachelor degree in Biophysics from USTC. He is interested in Brain Computer Interface.

earth@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yukun Cheng (程玉锟) : Graduate Student

Yukun Cheng (程玉锟)

Graduate Student

Yukun is a 2018 grade undergraduate of USTC. He is major in Biophysics and engaged in the study of real-time tracking of nerve activity in C.elegans. In his leisure time, he enjoys listening to classical music and playing board games with his friends.

cyk_phy@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Guodong Tan (谭国栋) : Graduate Student

Guodong Tan (谭国栋)

Graduate Student

Guodong received his BS degree in Southwest Jiaotong University. He is interested in Computational Neuroscience. He likes to listen music and play ping-pang.

tagodong@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yixuan Li (李懿轩) : Graduate Student

Yixuan Li (李懿轩)

Graduate Student

Yixuan received his bachelor's degree in physics from USTC in 2022. He is fascinated by both the biological neural network and the artificial neural network.

hyperdunk2019@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Jiaqi Wang(王家祺) : Graduate Student

Jiaqi Wang(王家祺)

Graduate Student

Jiaqi is a graduate student, he received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Hefei University of Technology (HFUT). He is interested in Computational and Systems Neuroscience, especially the nonlinear dynamics of neural networks. In his spare time, he likes listening to music and playing badminton.

Rong Wei (魏嵘) : Undergraduate Student

Rong Wei (魏嵘)

Undergraduate Student

Rong was an undergraduate student majoring in statistics at USTC. She is interested in using statistical learning tools and mathematical theories to explore the brain.

yzx2318@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Jingyuan Ji (纪静远) : Alumni

Jingyuan Ji (纪静远)

Alumni

Jingyuan obtained his master's degree in 2023 at USTC. He has broad interest in neuroscience and computer science.

jjy233@mail.ustc.edu.cn
ANQI YU(余安琪) : Alumni

ANQI YU(余安琪)

Alumni

Anqi obtained her master's degree in 2023. She thinks neurobiology is a meaningful and challenging science, and wants to study all the time. In her free time, she likes playing badminton and hiking, hoping to travel around the world one day.

anqi0587@163.com
Ikrma Amad : Alumni

Ikrma Amad

Alumni

I obtained my baccalaureate and master's degree from Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, in Bioinformatics. My current academic research interests are to open up the mysteries of Neuroscience at biological and computational levels. I love to play and adore to watch soccer as a pastime activity. During vacations, I do sight seeing and explore historical and archaeological sites.

ikrma@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Kun Li (李坤) : Alumni

Kun Li (李坤)

Alumni

Kun Li is a 2021th graduate student who received his Bachelor degree in Bioengineering from NJAU. He thinks computational neuroscience is challenging and interesting. He wants to combine his biological knowledge with computer skills.

kimlee@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Jing Huo (霍菁) : Alumni

Jing Huo (霍菁)

Alumni

Jing is a fouth-year graduate student. She got her Bachelor degree in Biology from Center China Normal University (华中师范大学).

huojing@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Pinjie Li (李品洁) : Alumni

Pinjie Li (李品洁)

Alumni

Pinjie Li is a neuroscience student at USTC who graduated in 2022. She is passionate about systems neuroscience. In her spare time, she enjoys watching movies and travelling. She is now working as a research intern in Professor Hailan Hu’s lab and applying for PhD abroad.

lipinjie@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Xiangyu Zhang (张翔宇) : Alumni

Xiangyu Zhang (张翔宇)

Alumni

Xiangyu is a first year graduate student, he is interested in neuroscience. He got his bachelor's degree in Anhui University.

zxy156@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Bingzhen Zhao (赵秉珍) : Alumni

Bingzhen Zhao (赵秉珍)

Alumni

Bingzhen is a graduate student in USTC. She comes from Shanxi province. She is really interested in neuroscience and wants to keep learning. In her spare time, she likes to go out with friends, watching movies or experiencing different cultures.

zbz96@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Mahiber Polat (玛伊拜尔·普拉提) : Alumni

Mahiber Polat (玛伊拜尔·普拉提)

Alumni

Mahiber is a third year graduate student. She received her bachelor degree in biology from Nanjing University. She is an atheist and advocating science. Since high school, she has great passion for neuroscience. She hopes to continue exploring how the brain works.

mybe0805@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yuan Wang (汪园) : Alumni

Yuan Wang (汪园)

Alumni

Yuan is a fifth-year graduate student. She received her BS degree in Biology in June 2014 from USTC, and will continue studying neurobiology for her PhD degree. She has many friends here, and she is enthusiastic about table games, Room escape and travel.

wy578@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Xiaoqian Zhang (张晓倩) : Alumni

Xiaoqian Zhang (张晓倩)

Alumni

Xiaoqian is a third-year graduate student. She is skilled in using techniques such as optogenetics and calcium imaging. And she likes neuroscience.

zxq411@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Wenbin Yang (杨文斌) : Alumni

Wenbin Yang (杨文斌)

Alumni

Wenbin (杨文斌) comes from Lanzhou (兰州), a city in the northwest of China. He perceives himself as being both a neuroscientist and a programmer. He likes to experience different cultures and arts and enjoys exchanging ideas with people from different fields. In his spare time, he likes watching movies and reading books with omnifarious subjects. Wenbin will be joining Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research at Basel, Switzerland to pursue his Ph.D. degree in neuroscience.

young24@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Qi Xin (辛琦) : Alumni

Qi Xin (辛琦)

Alumni

Qi Xin was an undergraduate student in physics at USTC. He is now pursuing his PhD in Neural Computation and Statistics at CMU. Qi is interested in both biophysically interpretable models and statistical descriptive models, especially neural network dynamics and spike train data analysis.

xinqi@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Danqian Cao (曹丹倩) : Alumni

Danqian Cao (曹丹倩)

Alumni

Cao Danqian obtained her bachelor degree from University of Science and Technology of China. She is now a first-year PhD student in King's College London, majoring in Biomedical engineering. She is an optimistic and hardworking girl. Reading, listening to music and volleyball are her hobbies. And she likes to watch movies in her spare time.

caodq@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yu Xie (谢禹) : Alumni

Yu Xie (谢禹)

Alumni

Yu is a senior undergraduate student majoring in Biophysics at USTC. He is working on developing novel techniques to monitor and analyze multivariate neural activity data. His long-term goal is to discover general computational principles of perception, learning, and control, which can be used to improve education, inspire design of artificial intelligence, and ultimately, lead to solutions of one of the most challenging problems of modern society: information explosion.He graduated in 2019 and is now a PhD student at the department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT.

 

rxie@mail.keda.edu.cn
Wensi Rong (荣文思) : Alumni

Wensi Rong (荣文思)

Alumni

Wensi is a senior from College of Life Sciences at Wuhan University. He aspires to a scientific career in neuroscience after graduation. In his spare time, he enjoys reading sci-fi.

wsrong@whu.edu.cn
Danyang Li (李丹阳) : Alumni

Danyang Li (李丹阳)

Alumni

Danyang was born in Gansu. She has a bachelor of Natural Science in biotechnology from USTC and she is now pursuing her Master degree at Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

ldy123@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yongqi Ye (叶永奇) : Alumni

Yongqi Ye (叶永奇)

Alumni

Yongqi received his Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from University of Science and Technology of China in 2020. The study in the Wen Lab has improved his enthusiasm and ability for scientific research. Yongqi will continue his graduate study in Biological medicine at Hangzhou Institute For Advanced Study,UCAS.

youngqiye@163.com
Shuai Shao (邵帅) : Alumni

Shuai Shao (邵帅)

Alumni

Shuai pursued his bachelor degree of applied physics from 2014 in USTC, and graduated in 2018. He is passionate about computational neuroscience, especially neuronal network and neural coding. He is now working as a PhD candidate in Max Planck Institute for Brain Research.

shaoshua@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yaoxi Chen (陈耀唏) : Alumni

Yaoxi Chen (陈耀唏)

Alumni

Yaoxi is a junior majoring in theoretical physics at USTC. Currently pursuing Biology Master Degree in Haiyan Liu’s lab, USTC.

beck@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Fan Gao (高凡) : Alumni

Fan Gao (高凡)

Alumni

Fan was born in Baoding, a small town close to Beijing. Fan likes writing codes, and performs data mining. He is currently working on whole brain imaging in C. elegans. Fan is a TP-link engineer.

gaofan@ustc.edu.cn
Rong Mao (毛榕) : Alumni

Rong Mao (毛榕)

Alumni

Rong is a junior majoring in Biology at USTC. She is interested in Neurobiology, Philosophy, as well as Psychology. She goes to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for Ph.D.

maorong@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Zeguan Wang (王泽冠) : Alumni

Zeguan Wang (王泽冠)

Alumni

Zeguan was a physics student from the department of Physics at USTC. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. in Ed Boyden lab at MIT.

wangzg@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Zian Zhao (赵子安) : Alumni

Zian Zhao (赵子安)

Alumni

Zian is a sophomore from the department of Physics at USTC. He goes to Columbia University, EE MS for Ph.D.

zzaustc@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Tongzhou Zhao (赵桐周) : Alumni

Tongzhou Zhao (赵桐周)

Alumni

Tongzhou is a senior from the school of gifted young at USTC. He has broad interest in condensed matter physics, optics, and systems neuroscience. Tongzhou will go and pursue a PhD degree in Physics at Penn State University.

zhaotz@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yong Jiang (姜勇) : Alumni

Yong Jiang (姜勇)

Alumni

Yong is a senior from the School of Gifted Young at USTC. He will go on and pursue a Master degree in Electrical Engineering at University of Toronto. Yong works as an engineer in Alibaba.

jy4015@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Zijia Chen (陈子佳) : Alumni

Zijia Chen (陈子佳)

Alumni

Zijia is a senior at USTC majoring in biophysics. He comes from Hubei province. He likes working in a group and is interested in experimental science. He spends his spare time in chess,books and football. Zijia went to graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh in the fall of 2016. And he will go to Pennsylvania State University.

zic21@pitt.edu
Siqing Hou (侯思卿) : Alumni

Siqing Hou (侯思卿)

Alumni

Siqing is a senior majoring in Computer Science and Technology at USTC. After graduating from college, he will go on and pursue a PhD degree in CS at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

housq@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Min Wu (吴旻) : Alumni

Min Wu (吴旻)

Alumni

Min is a graduate student in Mei Zhen's lab at the University of Toronto. And he has graduated.

nanowu@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Wanzhuo Shi (石万卓) : Alumni

Wanzhuo Shi (石万卓)

Alumni

Wanzhuo is a sophomore from the department of Physics at USTC. He has broad interest in Physics and Neuroscience, especially imaging techniques. In his spare time, he likes playing soccer and writing Chinese calligraphy. Currently pursuing Physics B.S. Degree in Fang-Wen Sun's lab.

shiwanzhuo@mail.ustc.edu.cn