About me

I am an assistant professor at Peking University and a behavioral and systems neuroscientist. My lab investigates reaction-time and self-timed behaviors. We combine neural recording, circuit manipulation, behavioral analysis, and computation to study how cortical and basal ganglia circuits initiate and time movement.

I trained with Professors Bill Baldridge (2004–2006, Dalhousie), Gordon Shepherd (2006, Northwestern), David Ferster (2007–2011, Northwestern), and Karel Svoboda (2012–2018, Janelia). My doctoral research examined synaptic connectivity in the cat visual cortex, and my postdoctoral work focused on whisker-based sensory processing in behaving mice. In my independent group, I study behavior in freely moving rats, whose larger size and rapid learning make them well suited for stable, long-term neural recordings so we can track changes in neural representations throughout learning.

Outside the lab, I lift weights three or four times a week.