Principal Investigator
Qian Lin, Ph.D. (CV 2026-06-25)
- 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
- Hobbies: swimming and martial arts
- 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.
Lab Operations & Zebrafish Facility Support, since 2023 Sept
Hobbies: crochet and video games
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
Hobbies: swimming and video games
Ryan Ugovsek
M.Sc. Candidate, since 2025 Sept
“During my spare time, I like to listen to horror podcasts, play empire-building strategy games, and enjoy the free food from the departmental seminars!”
Affiliated Students
Yapeng Zhuang
UTEA, CSB498, UTEA, Work-Study, since 2023 Sept
Frank Fu
UTEA, BCB330, since 2026 May
Jingtian Hu
CSB USRA, since 2026 May
Hobbies: ultimate frisbee, cooking pasta, talking to interesting people, and reading philosophy
Deren Zhang
Undergraduate Researcher, since 2026 May
Meghan Cao
CSB498, since 2026 Sept
Joe Lin
Undergraduate Researcher, since 2026 Sept
Alumni
| Name | Position/Course | Period | Currently at… |
| Filza Umar | MITACS Intern | 2026 June – 2026 Aug | |
| Roxanne (Zih-Yuan) Liao | MITACS Intern | 2026 June – 2026 Aug | |
| Cindy Yang | ROP | 2026 May – 2026 Aug | |
| Yair Landsman | ROP | 2026 May – 2026 Aug | |
| Andrew Tan | Work-Study | 2026 May – 2026 Aug | |
| Gavin Pu | Neural Data Engineer, MScAC, BCB330 | 2023 May – 2026 May | Computational Scientist @ Sanofi |
| Harry Park | Neuroengineer | 2026 Feb – 2026 Apr | |
| Elwin Fu | CSB497 | 2026 Jan – 2026 Apr | Summer Research Student @ DT Lab (National University of Singapore) |
| 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 | Cyber Security Researcher @ Kundur Research Group (UTSG) |
| Cindy Shen | Volunteer | 2024 Sept – 2025 May | |
| Ahmed Hatem Abdelmoneim | PhD student, CIHR Awardee, CSB TA Teaching Excellence Award Recipient | 2024 Sept – 2025 Apr | PhD Student @ Gillis Lab (UTSG) |
| Andrew Wong | BCB 330, co-supervised with Woodin Lab | 2024 Sept – 2025 Apr | Machine Learning Scientist @ Fable Therapeutics |
| Daniela Atere | Work-Study | 2024 Sept – 2025 Apr | Medical Student @ LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine |
| Jake Cohen | Work-Study | 2024 Sept – 2025 Apr | REU Intern @ Lammont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| Runtian (Toby) Yang | CSB498, Undergraduate Researcher | 2024 Aug – 2025 Jun | ECE Masters Student @ Carnegie Mellon University |
| Ashenafee Mandefro, BSc. | BCB430, NSERC USRA, MScAC | 2023 Sept – 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 Sept – 2024 Aug | MSc Student @ Porteus Lab (UTSC) |
| Amy Petrov, Harry Park, Oltan Sungurlu, Dylan Sun, Wen Tao Yang | APS490 | 2023 Sept – 2024 Apr | |
| Jaden How | CSC494 & CSC495 | 2023 Sept – 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 | Robotic Engineer Intern @ Xeratech Robotics |
| 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 Sept – 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 Sept – 2023 Apr | Analyst, Analytics and Workflow Automation @ Morguard |
| Rico Zong | BCB430 | 2022 Sept – 2023 Apr | Graduate Student @ Woodgett Lab (UTSG) |