Principle Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Department of Mathematics
University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. New York University (2015)
B.Sc. Nanjing University (2010)
Postdoctoral Researchers
Ph.D. Bown University (2021)
Email: SAS1432@pitt.edu
Ph.D. National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, India
M.Sc. National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, India
Email: ank741@pitt.edu
I am building biophysically realistic cortical network models to not only advance Brain-Machine interface technologies but also to better understand the principles of neural computation.
Graduate students
B.Sc. University of Tehran (2021)
M.Sc. University of Pittsburgh (2025)
Computational Modeling & Simulation PhD Program
Email: SEM322@pitt.edu
B.A. University of California, Berkeley (2022)
Neuroscience PhD Program (CNUP)
Email: vijaya2@upmc.edu
Research Assistants
B.S. in Biotechnology, Tongji University (2024)
M.S. in Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University (2025)
Email: JIY310@pitt.edu
B.S. University of California, San Diego (2019)
M.S. University of Pittsburgh (2025)
Email: JIL891@pitt.edu
Alumni:
Madeline Edwards (postdoc)
Noga Mosheiff (postdoc)
Siwei Qiu (postdoc)
Deying Song (graduate)
Lane Lewis (rotation)
Reece Keller (rotation)
Akhil Bandi (rotation)
Christian Potter (rotation)
Liyuan Liang (rotation)
Antonija Kolobaric (rotation)
Anushka Sinha (master's)
Changcheng Ji (master's)
Zimei Chen (research assistant)
Alex Bauer (undergraduate)
Annie Marazita (undergraduate)
Sebastian Cohn (undergraduate)
Leya Luo (undergraduate)
Ruoxi Sun (undergraduate)
Kunming Shi (undergraduate)
Mara Frum (undergraduate)
Mia Blas (undergraduate)
Zhenhong Gong (undergraduate)