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
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
Deren Zhang
Volunteer, since 2026 May
Alumni
| Name | Position/Course | Period | Currently at… |
| Gavin Pu | Neural Data Engineer, MScAC, BCB330 | 2023 May – 2026 May | Computational Scientist @ Sanofi |
| Harry Park | Neuroengineer, APS490 | 2026 Feb – 2026 Apr, 2023 Sep – 2024 Apr | |
| Elwin Fu | CSB497 | 2026 Jan – 2026 Apr | |
| June Lin | CSB498, volunteer | 2025 Sept – 2026 Apr | AMS Layout Engineer @ AMD |
| Ashley Bi | BCB330 | 2025 Sept – 2026 Apr | Backend Intern @ Hubspot |
| Tiantian Lei | Work-study, CSB498 | 2024 Sept – 2026 Apr | Research Student @ Navarre Lab (UTSG) |
| Daniel Liu | CSB498, CSB499 | 2024 May – 2026 Apr | Master of Biomedical Science @ Harvard Medical School |
| 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 | UTEA Student @ Lin Lab |
| 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 | PhD Student @ Gillis Lab (UTSG) |
| Andrew Wong | BCB 330, co-supervised with Woodin Lab | 2024 Sep – 2025 Apr | Machine Learning Scientist @ Fable Therapeutics |
| 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 | REU Intern @ Lammont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| 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 | APS490 | 2023 Sep – 2024 Apr | |
| Oltan Sungurlu | APS490 | 2023 Sep – 2024 Apr | |
| Dylan Sun | APS490 | 2023 Sep – 2024 Apr | |
| Wen Tao Yang | APS490 | 2023 Sep – 2024 Apr | |
| Jaden How | CSC494 & CSC495 | 2023 Sep – 2024 Apr | |
| Oskar Moesmand | Post-bac Researcher | 2023 Oct – 2024 Apr | External Researcher @ IIIA-CSIS |
| 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 | Machine Learning Intern @ Tenstorrent |
| 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 | Dry Lab Researcher @ iGEM Toronto |
| 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 | Research Intern @ University of Osaka |
| Wei Jin Luo | BCB330 & Work-Study | 2022 Sep – 2023 Aug | Software Engineer @ AMD |
| Fangyi Li | BCB330 | 2023 May – 2023 Aug | MBINF Student @ University of Guelph |
| Bohan Yao | UTEA | 2023 May – 2023 Aug | |
| Jason You | Undergraduate Researcher | 2023 May – 2023 Aug | Regression Data Analyst @ Qualcomm |
| Minzheng Liu | BCB330 | 2022 Sep – 2023 Apr | Analyst, Analytics and Workflow Automation @ Morguard |
| Rico Zong | BCB430 | 2022 Sep – 2023 Apr | Graduate Student @ Woodgett Lab (UTSG) |