The institute currently has 44 faculty members, including 11 principal investigators
and 6 associate investigators.
Our faculty are listed alphabetically below.
CHEN Yu
CHEN Yu studies the molecular basis of synapse development and plasticity, and pathological mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders. Read more
LI Xiang
LI Xiang Investigate the molecular and circuitry mechanism of prion-like proteins in stress disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Read more
LU Zhonghua
LU Zhonghua Investigates the basic principles underlying the molecular, morphological, and functional specificity of neural circuits involved in brain disorders. Read more
Robert Konrad Naumann
Robert Konrad Naumann The evolution of functional circuits in the cerebral cortex. Read more
TU Jie
TU Jie A combination of optogenetic and pharmacogenetic manipulation reveal the neural substrates in control of innate anxiety expression. Read more
WANG Hong
WANG Hong Central nervous system control of metabolic homeostasis. Read more
WANG Liping
WANG Liping investigates neural circuitry of emotion, focusing on the subcortical-cortical interaction by optogenetics, electrophysiology and animal behavior. Read more
YANG Fan
YANG Fan investigates the neural circuits which regulate the bone metabolism and homeostasis of stem cells. Read more
ZHAN Yang
ZHAN Yang combines electrophysiology, animal behavior and computational methods to study the neural circuits underlying behavior. Read more
ZHOU Huihui
ZHOU Huihui investigates the brain mechanisms underlying visual cognitive functions and related behaviors in non-human primates. Read more
ZHU Yingjie
ZHU Yingjie understand how brain circuits mediate motivated behavior and how disruption of these circuits leads to various kinds of neuropsychiatric disorders such as drug addiction and depression. Read more