Principal Investigator
Qian Lin, Ph.D. (CV)
- Assistant Professor – Department of Cell & Systems Biology
- x-appointment – Institute of Biomedical Engineering
- Concentration Lead – Data Science for Biology, MScAC
- Email: neuroqian.lin@utoronto.ca
- Postdoc 2022 – The Rockefeller University
- Postdoc 2016 – IMP, Vienna Bio Center
- Ph.D. 2016 – National University of Singapore (NUS)
- B.Sc. 2011 – University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
As a systems neuroscientist, I am passionate about training future systems and computational neuroscientists, and I enjoy working with people from diverse educational and training backgrounds.
As a first-generation college student, I am determined to pave the way for underrepresented groups in science, such as women, by creating research opportunities and fostering a supportive environment.
Staff & Graduate Students
Christine Tang, M.Sc.
Laboratory Operations & Zebrafish Facility Support， former student since 2023 Sept
Cameron Parro
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2023 May
Pauline Shen
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2024 Jan
Yuqian Ma
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2024 Sept
William Gagne
M.Sc. Candidate, since 2025 Aug
Ryan Ugovsek
M.Sc. Candidate, since 2025 Sep
Affiliated Students
Gavin Pu, B.Sc.
Neural Data Engineer, MScAC, BCB330, since 2023 May
Yapeng Zhuang
UTEA, CSB498, UTEA, Work-Study, since 2023 Sep
Frank Fu
UTEA, BCB330, since 2025 May
Yair Landsman
ROP, since 2026 May
Cindy Yang
ROP, since 2026 May
Jingtian Hu
CSB USRA, since 2026 May
Alumni
| Name | Position/Course | Period | Currently at… |
| Harry Park | Neuroengineer | 2026 Feb – 2026 Apr | |
| Elwin Fu | CSB497 | 2026 Jan – 2026 Apr | |
| June Lin | CSB498, volunteer | 2025 Sept – 2026 Apr | |
| Ashley Bi | BCB330 | 2025 Sept – 2026 Apr | |
| Tiantian Lei | Work-study, CSB498 | 2024 Sept – 2026 Apr | |
| Daniel Liu | CSB498, CSB499 | 2024 May – 2026 Apr | |
| Habibe Üçpunar, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | 2023 Oct – 2025 Sept | |
| Oscar Low | 1st Year Undergraduate Researcher | 2025 May – 2025 Aug | |
| Frank Fu | BCB330 | 2025 May – 2025 Aug | |
| Katherine Betz | 1st Year Undergraduate Researcher | 2025 May – 2025 Aug | |
| Rachel Liu | 1st Year Undergraduate Researcher | 2025 July – 2025 Aug | |
| Runtian (Toby) Yang | CSB498, Undergraduate Researcher | 2024 Aug – 2025 Jun | ECE Masters Student @ Carnegie Mellon University |
| Ahmed Hatem Abdelmoneim | PhD student, CIHR Awardee, CSB TA Teaching Excellence Award Recipient | 2024 Sep – 2025 Apr | |
| Andrew Wong | BCB 330, co-supervised with Woodin Lab | 2024 Sep – 2025 Apr | |
| Daniela Atere | Work-Study | 2024 Sep – 2025 Apr | Medical Student @ LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine |
| Jake Cohen | Work-Study | 2024 Sep – 2025 Apr | |
| Ashenafee Mandefro, BSc. | BCB430, NSERC USRA, MScAC | 2023 Sep – 2025 Apr | Data Science & Machine Learning Intern @ insitro |
| Haoze Li | Work-Study, CSB498 | 2023 Nov – 2025 Apr | Undergraduate CS Research @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Asia Anwary | CSB498 & CSB499 | 2023 Sep – 2024 Aug | MSc Student @ Porteus Lab (UTSC) |
| Amy Petrov, Oltan Sungurlu, Dylan Sun, Wen Tao Yang, & Harry Park | APS490 | 2023 Sep – 2024 Apr | |
| Jaden How | CSC494 & CSC495 | 2023 Sep – 2024 Apr | |
| Oskar Moesmand | Post-bac Researcher | 2023 Oct – 2024 Apr | |
| Anuraag Nagaraja | Undergraduate Researcher | 2023 Jan – 2024 Apr | |
| William Gagne | Work-Study | 2023 Jun – 2024 Apr | MSc Student @ Lin Lab |
| Ambrose Ling | Work-Study | 2023 May – 2024 Mar | |
| Andreas Constas | Work-Study | 2023 Jan – 2024 Feb | |
| Tony Yuan | Undergraduate Researcher | 2023 May – 2024 Jan | |
| J Gravestock Snee | Undergraduate Researcher | 2023 June – 2023 Dec | |
| Pauline Shen | CSB497 & Work-Study | 2023 May – 2023 Dec | PhD Student @ Lin Lab |
| Michelle Sun | ESROP & CSB USRA (also our lab Logo Designer) | 2023 May – 2023 Aug | |
| Wei Jin Luo | BCB330 & Work-Study | 2022 Sep – 2023 Aug | Software Engineer @ AMD |
| Fangyi Li | BCB330 | 2023 May – 2023 Aug | |
| Bohan Yao | UTEA | 2023 May – 2023 Aug | |
| Jason You | Undergraduate Researcher | 2023 May – 2023 Aug | |
| Minzheng Liu | BCB330 | 2022 Sep – 2023 Apr | |
| Rico Zong | BCB430 | 2022 Sep – 2023 Apr |