Principal Investigator

Xiao-Jing Wang
Distinguished Global Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Physics
Director, Swartz Center for Theoretical Neuroscience

Current Members

Graduate Students

Xingyu Ding
Elisa Chinigo
Alan Lai

Visiting Graduate Students

Wayne Soo
Maryada

Postdocs

John Hongyu Meng
Yue Liu
Aldo Battista
Loïc Magrou
Gabriel Benigno

Former Members

Postdocs

  • Vishwa Goudar, 2017-2023. Data scientist, Meta, NY.
  • Arnaud Fanthomme, 2021-2023.
  • Kevin Berlemont, 2020-2022. Data scientist, iHeartMedia, NY.
  • Ulises Pereira Obilinovic, 2018-2023. Scientist, Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, WA.
  • Sean Froudist-Walsh, 2017-2022. Assistant Professor, University of Bristol, UK.
  • Pierre Enel, 2021-2022. Senior machine learning scientist, Melonfrost, NY.
  • Panagiota Theodoni, 2016-2021. Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, New York University.
  • Junjie Jiang, 2020-2021. Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
  • Zhenghan Liao, 2020-2021. Postdoc, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, China.
  • Jorge Jaramillo, 2015-2020. Group Leader, European Neuroscience Institute, Gottingen, Germany.
  • Daniel P. Bliss, 2017-2020. Adjunct Professor, Fordham University and Bard College.
  • Warren Pettine, 2017-2020. Postdoc, Yale University.
  • Bin Min, 2016-2018. Junior Researcher, Shanghai Research Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, China.
  • Jorge F. Mejias, 2013-2017. Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Madhura Joglekar, 2014-2017. Senior data scientist, Mindstrong.
  • Manyi Yim, 2014-2017. Postdoc, UT Austin.
  • Luis Carlos Garcia, 2015-2017. Postdoc, College de France, France.
  • Francis Song, 2013-2017. Research Scientist, DeepMind.
  • Jérémie Barral, 2016. Principal Investigator, Institut de I'Audition.
  • Wei Wei, 2011-2016. Postdoc, UCSF.
  • Xuelong Zhao, 2015-2016.
  • John D. Murray, 2014-2015. Assistant Professor, Yale University.
  • Jacinto Pereira, 2014.
  • Rishidev Chaudhuri, 2013-2014. Assitant Professor, UC Davis.
  • Alberto Bernacchia, 2008-2012. Senior Research Associate, Cambridge University.
  • Tatiana Engel, 2008-2012. Assistant Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Salva Ardid, 2008-2011. Postdoc, Boston University.
  • David Andrieux, 2008-2010. Strategy consultant at Sopra Banking Software.
  • Dahui Wang, 2007-2008. Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University.
  • Alireza Soltani, 2006-2007. Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
  • Christian Luhmann, 2006-2008. Assistant Professor at University of New York at Stony Brook.
  • Moran Furman, 2006-2008. Scientific Editor at Neuron.
  • Chung-Chuan Lo, 2004-2008. Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
  • Feng Liu, 2003-2005. Professor at Nanjing University, China.
  • Stefano Fusi, 2003-2004. Associate Professor, Columbia University.
  • Alfonso Renart, 2000-2003. Principal Investigator, Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme.
  • Paul Miller, 2000-2006. Assistant Professor at Brandeis University.
  • Jesper Tegner, 1998-2000. Professor at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Albert Compte, 1998-2001. Principal Investigator at Institute of Biomedical Researches IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Nicolas Brunel, 1998-1999. Professor, University of Chicago.
  • Victor Matveev, 1996-1999. Assistant Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
  • Baylor Fox-Kemper, 1996-1998. Assistant Professor, Brown University.
  • Marcelo Camperi, 1995-1996. Professor, University of San Francisco.

Graduate Students

  • Guangyu Robert Yang, 2017. Assistant Professor, MIT.
  • Jah Chaisangmongkon, 2015. Lecturer, King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand.
  • John D. Murray, 2013. Assistant Professor, Yale University.
  • Rishidev Chaudhuri, 2013. Assitant Professor, UC Davis.
  • Jacinto Pereira, 2013. Postdoc in the lab.
  • Alireza Soltani, 2006. Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College.
  • Kong-Fatt Wong, 2006. Lecturer, University of Ulster.
  • Pengcheng Song, 2006. Quantitative Analyst at Citic Securities.
  • Gene Carter, 2006. Advisory Systems Developer at Ricoh.
  • Caroline Geisler, 2004. Postdoc, Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Tuebingen.
  • Enrique Garibay, 2001. Professor of Physics, Tech de Monterry, Mexico.
  • Yinghui Liu, 2000. Senior program manager at Microsoft.

Research Assistant

  • Yijie Kang, 2020-2023. PhD Student at Stony Brook University, NY.

Lab managers

  • Rebecca Lin, 2018-2019.
  • Sarah Strange, 2016-2017.
  • Katie Flaherty, 2014-2016. Research Manager, Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Decision Making.