FACULTIES
Education and Appointment:
2022.09-Present: Chair Professor,USTC
2012.09-Present: Professor,USTC
2011.06-2012.08: Research Associate,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2006.03-2011.05: Postdoctoral Fellow (with Dr. King-Wai YAU),Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neuroscience
2000.09-2005.05: Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cellular Molecular Physiology
1995.09-2000.06: B.S. USTC, Biophysics and Neuroscience; Special Class for Gifted Young (SCGY)
Honors and Awards:
2022: “科学探索奖”获得者
2022: “中国神经科学重大进展”
2022: 安徽省自然科学一等奖
2021: 第十三届谈家桢生命科学创新奖
2021: 张香桐神经科学青年科学家奖
2020: “中国神经科学重大进展”
2019: 国家自然科学基金委杰出青年基金
2019: “中国生命科学十大进展”
2019: Cell杂志2019年最佳论文
2014: Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP),Young Investigator Grants
2013: 国家自然科学基金委优秀青年基金
2012: 中组部青年千人计划
2007: Final list of Life Science Research Foundation Fellowships
2006: BEST BASIC SCIENCE PAPER by Circulation, AHA
2004: NIH Stem Cells Scholarship at the Keystone Stem Cells Symposium
2003: American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions Selected Late-Breaking Science
Academic Post:
2023-至今 中国科学院学术委员会 生命与健康领域专委会,委员
2023-至今 中国神经科学学会,常务理事
2021-至今 中国生物物理学会,常务理事
2020-至今 国务院学术委员会第八届学科评议组成员
2019-至今 教育部生物技术与生物工程教学指导委员会,委员
2019-至今 中国医师协会眼科医师分会基础与临床转化专委会,委员
2018-至今 海峡两岸医药卫生交流协会眼科专委会眼干细胞学组,副组长
2018-至今 中国生理学会,副理事长
2018-至今 中国生物物理学会“组织建设工作委员会”主任委员
2015-至今 中国细胞生物学学会,理事
2015-至今 安徽省细胞生物学会,副理事长
Mei Zhang(章梅), Ph.D.
- Associate Research Professor, School of Life Sciences, USTC, China
- Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms underlying retinal development.
Stem cell & gene-based therapies for retinal degeneration diseases.
- zhangmei@ustc.edu.cn
Jutao Chen(陈聚涛), Ph.D.
- Associate Research Professor, School of Life Sciences, USTC, China
- Research Interest: ipRGC Subcortical nerve circuits.
- cjt@ustc.edu.cn
Yuqian Ma(马玉乾), Ph.D.
- Associate Research Professor, School of Life Sciences, USTC, China
- Research Interests: Phototransduction in ipRGC / NIR vision
- Ph.D: USTC
- mayuqian@ustc.edu.cn
Rong Liu(刘嵘), Ph.D.
- Associate Research Professor, School of Life Sciences, USTC, China
- Research Interests: IpRGCs and pattern vision
- Ph.D: USTC
- rongliu@ustc.edu.cn
Changjie Ouyang(欧阳长杰), Ph.D.
- Associate Research Professor, Xuzhou Medical University, China
- Research Interest: ipRGC Subcortical nerve circuits.
- ouyang7605@163.com
Jianjun Meng(孟建军), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Fudan University
- Research Interests: Glucose homeostasis
- jianjunm@ustc.edu.cn
Dali Tong(童大力), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Institute of Neuroscience,Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Research Interests: In vivo gene editing
- tdl@ustc.edu.cn
STAFF
Li Chen(陈莉), Secretary
- Job Description: Daily Management
Meijun Cheng(成美君), Secretary
- Job Description: Daily Management
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
Xingmeng Wang(汪星朦), M.D.
- Ophthalmologist,the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, China
- Research Interests: glaucoma & cataract.
Retinal diseases.
Cornea diseases.
- wangxingmeng@163.com
Yiming Shi(史逸铭), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, USTC.
- B.S: Bioengineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics Astronautics.
- Research Interests: IpRGCs and pattern vision
- symustc@163.com
Jianan Li(李家男), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: clinical medicine, Tianjin Medical University.
- B.S: clinical medicine, Tianjin Medical University.
- Research Interests: Retinal diseases
- lijianan@ustc.edu.cn
Guodong Wang(王国栋), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University.
- B.S: Biotechnology, Jilin University.
- Research Interests: Cellular and molecular neurobiology
- wangguodong@ustc.edu.cn
Jiawei Shen(沈嘉伟), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, School of Life Science, USTC.
- B.S: Animal Science, NEAU
- Research Interests: Photoentraiment and homeostasis.
- sjiawei@ustc.edu.cn
STUDENT
Jiaming Zhang(张家明), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Food Science and Engineering, NEAU.
- Research Interests: Image vision of iPRGCs.
- 1742186793@qq.com
Ying Miao(苗莹), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biology, Lanzhou University.
- Research Interests: Neural circuit mechanism of predatory behavior.
- miaoy@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yichuan Yao(姚艺川), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biology, Lanzhou University.
- Research Interests: In vivo gene editing.
- atg17@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Xin Fang(方欣), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biology, Anhui University
- Research Interests: Light signaling transmission mechanism in ipRGC.
- 15156066542@163.com
Yufei Li(李俞霏), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biomedical Technology, NEFU
- Research Interests: Optical-Learning Memory Circuit Mechanism
- lyufei@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yanping Sun(孙艳萍), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biostatistics, Anhui University
- Research Interests: Visual Neurology and Single Cell Analysis
- 2928987267@qq.com
Yunuo Chen(陈雨诺), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biology, Lanzhou University
- Research Interests: Visual Neurology and Retina Single Cell Sequencing.
- chenyn98@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Xialin Li(李夏琳), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biotechnology, Nanjing Normal University
- Research Interests: Differentiation of human iPS cells into retinal cells.
- lixialin@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Hang Zhao(赵航), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biotechnology, Zhengzhou University
- Research Interests: Non-imaging-forming vision.
- hangzhao@mail.ustc.edu.cn
ZiShuo Li(李梓硕), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biotechnology, NEFU
- Research Interests: Phototransduction in ipRGC / NIR vision.
- lizishuo@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Qian Wang(王倩), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biology, Lanzhou University.
- Research Interests: Central projection & function of inhibitory RGC.
- 3390346351@qq.com
Zhiping Chen(陈治平), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biology, USTC.
- Research Interests: Electron microscopic imaging of photoreceptors.
- czp98@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Longfei Li(李龙飞), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Bioengineering, China University of Mining and Technology.
- Research Interests: Visual Neurology and Single Cell Analysis.
- longfei_l@126.com
Menmen Xiang(项门们), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Animal science , Northwest A&F University.
- Research Interests: stem cell.
- xmm894069133@163.com
Yongjia Sun(孙永佳), Ph.D candidate.
- B.S: Biostatistics, Anhui University.
- Research Interests: Visual Neurology and Treatment of Visual Disease.
- 1498828134@qq.com
Jianing Yu(于佳宁), Graduate Student.
- B.S: Chemical Biology, USTC.
- Research Interests: -
- yjn@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Minghong Wang(王铭弘), Graduate Student.
- B.S: Biology, Ocean University of China.
- Research Interests: -
- wmh2027@163.com
Minghao Fang(方明昊), Graduate Student.
- B.S: Bioinformatics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
- Research Interests: Bioinformatics and Visual Neurology.
- minghaofang@126.com
Siming He(何思铭), Graduate Student.
- B.S: Biotechnology, Nanchang University.
- Research Interests: pending.
- jrdomomh@163.com
Yunxuan Wang(王韵萱), Graduate Student.
- B.S: Bioscience, Southern University .
- Research Interests: pending.
- 523396596@qq.com
Shuran Zhou(周舒燃), Graduate Student.
- B.S: Bioscience, Sun Yat-sen University.
- Research Interests: pending.
- 1012334133@qq.com
Yifan Bian(卞一凡), Undergraduate Student.
- Biotechnology, NEFU.
- Research Interests: pending.
- bianyifankeai@163.com
Xin Luo(骆昕), Undergraduate Student.
- B.S: Biotechnology, NEAU.
- Research Interests: pending.
- 2910566772@qq.com
Yihan Wang(王艺涵), Undergraduate Student.
- B.S: Biology, Sichuan university.
- Research Interests: pending.
- 2813428954@qq.com
Jiazhen Jiang(姜家桢), Undergraduate Student.
- B.S: Clinical medicine, USTC.
- Research Interests: pending.
- markpen@mail.ustc.edu.cn
ALUMNI
Jin Bao(鲍进), Ph.D.
- Current: Principal investigator, SIAT of CAS.
- Professor, School of Life Sciences, USTC, China
- Research Field of Interest: Synaptic plasticity in neuronal circuit.
Non-imaging-forming vision.
Neuronal basis of psychiatric disease.
baojin@ustc.edu.cn
Huan Zhao, Ph.D, Hefei University. Professor. Email: 799667231@qq.com
Guang Li(李广), Ph.D.
- Current: Johns Hopkins University. Post-Doctoral Fellows.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, HUST.
- B.S: Biology, HUST.
- Research Interests: Phototransduction in ipRGC
- guangli090308@gmail.com
Haohuan Xie(谢浩寰), Ph.D.
- Current: Singapore. Post-Doctoral Fellows.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, USTC.
- B.S: Biotechnology, Hunan University.
- Research Interests: Differentiation of human iPS cells into retinal cells.
compared with human fetal retinal development.
- xhhustc@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Jie Zhang(张洁), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, USTC.
- B.S: Biology, USTC.
- Research Interests: Retina and AD.
- zj0316@ustc.edu.cn
Tasneem akhtar, Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, USTC.
- M.S: Neurobiology, UVAS Pakistan.
- Research Interests: Stem cell technology.
- tasneem.akhtar.12@gmail.com
Xiao Sun(孙筱), Master of Science.
- M.S: Neuroscience, USTC.
- B.S: Veterinary Medicine,Southwest University.
- Research Interests: Mechanical of the differentiation from iPSCs to retina.
- 304083491@qq.com
Wenyang Yi(易文洋), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, School of Life Science, USTC.
- B.S: Biosafety,Southwest University.
- Research Interests: Retina development.
The difference of retina macula and periphery.
- ywy636@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Kai An(安楷), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, School of Life Science, USTC.
- B.S: Biotechnology, Zhengzhou University.
- Research Interests: Neural circuit of negative mood caused by light.
Circadian rhythm-gated mechanism.
- ankai@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Xinfeng Huang(黄新凤), Master of Science.
- M.S: Neuroscience, USTC.
- B.S: Biomedical Engineering, Hunan University
- Research Interests: Endocrine changing mediate by circadian rhythm.
- hxf9196@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yunling Li(黎凌云), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, School of Life Science, USTC.
- B.S: Biology,Anhui University.
- Research Interests: Retinal organoid maturation.
- lilyun@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Juan Chen(程娟), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: : Biology, Anhui Medical university
- Research Interests: Sleep and biological rhythm.
- sophoscj12@163.com
Jiaxi Hu(胡佳希), Ph.D.
- Current: Principal investigator, Hainan university.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, School of Life Science, USTC.
- B.S: Biology, Sichuan University.
- Research Interests: Non-image forming vision.
its subcortical neural circuitry.
- hjiaxi@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Min Wei(卫敏), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, USTC.
- B.S: Biology, Anhui Normal University
- Research Interests: LncRNA Functional Prediction and single cell analysis
- wmsmile@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Yuan Cai(才源), Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, USTC.
- B.S: Biology, USTC.
- Research Interests: In vivo gene editing.
- cy0901@ustc.edu.cn
MD HASANUZZAMAN KHAN, Ph.D.
- Ph.D: Neuroscience, School of Life Science, USTC.
- M.S: Biology, Northeast Normal University.
- Research Interests: Non-image forming vision.
Neurobehavioral studies.
Learning and memory.