People


Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor

Qian Lin, Ph.D.

Email: neuroqian.lin@utoronto.ca

Also serve as Concentration Lead for Data Science for Biology – MScAC

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.

In my spare time, I enjoy martial arts, video games, Wuxia TV series, and spending time with my toddler. I am actively practicing karate and naginata while also playing Age of Empires with my spouse.

Current Members

Habibe Üçpunar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, UofT
Email: habibe.ucpunar@utoronto.ca

Cameron Parro

Ph.D. Candidate, UofT
Email: c.parro@mail.utoronto.ca

I am a Ph.D. student in the Lin lab researching whole-brain neural dynamics of sensory decision-making, with the broad goal of understanding how the activity of neuronal systems connects to the rich internal experience of subjectivity. I am also passionate about interdisciplinary research and education, and hope to bring a radical, critical lens into the lab and classroom. Outside science, I love keeping up with pop culture (shows, music, podcasts, memes), biking (fixed gear!), travelling, my cat, and a good amount of aimless wandering!

Christine Tang

M.Sc. Candidate, UofT
Email: christiiine.tang@mail.utoronto.ca

My research investigates how changes in circadian rhythm (via light cycle modulation) affect social behaviour in zebrafish. I will specifically look at the cerebellum to unravel the neuronal mechanisms responsible for this relationship, as it is a brain region reported to be involved in both social and circadian functions. In general, I enjoy learning about how animals function on a cellular and organ level to understand how their mechanisms change and adapt to changes in their environment.
Outside the lab, I spend my free time crocheting and knitting, enjoying anime and K-pop, and watching fish videos on TikTok. 🙂

Pauline Shen

M.Sc. Candidate, UofT
Email: pauliney.shen@mail.utoronto.ca

Undergraduate Students

Ambrose Ling

· Undergraduate Researcher

Anuraag Nagaraja

· Undergraduate Researcher

Gavin Pu

· Undergraduate Researcher

Ashenafee Mandefro

· BCB430

William Gagne

· Work Study

Yapeng Zhuang

· Undergraduate Researcher

Oskar Moesmand

· Post-bac Researcher

Asia Anwary.

· CSB498

Jaden How

· CSC494 & CSC495

Haoze Li

· Undergraduate Researcher

Alumni

  • Andreas Constas, Work-Study, UofT, 2023 Jan – 2024 Feb
  • Tony Yuan, Undergraduate Researcher, UofT, 2023 May – 2024 Jan
  • J Gravestock Snee, Undergraduate Researcher, UofT, 2023 June – 2023 Dec
  • Michelle Sun, ESROP & CSB USRA, UofT, 2023 May – 2023 Aug (also our lab Logo Designer)
  • Wei Jin Luo, BCB330 & Work-Study, 2022 Sep – 2023 Aug
  • Fangyi Li, BCB330, UofT, 2023 May – 2023 Aug
  • Bohan Yao, UTEA, UofT, 2023 May – 2023 Aug
  • Jason You, Undergraduate Researcher, UofT, 2023 May – 2023 Aug
  • Minzheng Liu, BCB330, UofT, 2022 Sep – 2023 Apr
  • Rico Zong, BCB430, UofT, 2022 Sep – 2023 Apr