CV
General Information
Full Name | Chaoyi Zhang |
Date of Birth | 20th November 1992 |
Languages | Chinese, English |
Education
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2016-2022
Ph.D.
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine
- Neurobiology;
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2012-2016
B.S.
Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- School of pharmacy
- Biopharmaceutics
Research Experience
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2023 - current
Postdoc
Guoping Feng Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.
- Investigating the biological mechanism of psychiatric diseases
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2022 - 2023
Postdoc
Gord Fishell Lab, Harvard Medical School, Boston, U.S.
- Investigated how the wS1 circuits assembled to control whisking behavior during the development
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2016 - 2022
Ph.D.
Hailan Hu Lab, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Explored the roles and dynamics of different mPFC cell types in social competition behavior
- Deciphered the relationship within mPFC microcircuits via in vivo optrodes recording and miniature two-photon microscope
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2016 summer
Summer Scholar
Minmin Luo Lab, National institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, China
- Explored the roles of dopamine neurons and serotonin neurons in reward behavior via fiber photometry recording and optogenetics
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2013 - 2016
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Xiaokun Li Lab, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- Validated the repair function of the basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on the blood brain barrier after brain injury on mice model
Honors and Awards
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2023
- Excellent Doctoral Dissertations of Zhejiang University
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2022
- Ray Wu Prize
- Excellent graduate of Zhejiang Province
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2020
- National scholarship
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2016
- Excellent graduate of Zhejiang Province
Academic Interests
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Neuroscience
- The neurobiological mechinism of psychiatric diseases
- The neural mechanism of social and emotion in non-human primate
Other Interests
- Hobbies: Tennis, Cycling, Swimming