Autism Center Researchers
Center Director
Guoping Feng leads a broad effort to create new models of autism using CRISPR gene-editing tools.
Center Faculty
John Gabrieli uses brain imaging to study reward circuitry and language networks in the brains of individuals with ASD.
Ann Graybiel is researching the core symptom-complexes associated with autism spectrum disorders.
Feng Zhang is pioneering gene therapy approaches to ASD using CRISPR editing systems.
Group Leaders
Martin Wienisch
Research Scientist, Feng Lab | Group Leader, Genome Editing Technology
Martin Wienisch is developing and improving genome-editing methods for efficiently generating NHP models for neuroscience and brain disorders research.
Participating labs: Zhang and Feng
Qiangge Zhang
Research Scientist, Feng Lab | Group Leader, Transgenesis
Qiangge Zhang is developing and improving assisted reproduction technology for efficiently generating NHP models for neuroscience and brain disorders research.
Participating labs: Feng and Desimone
J. Douglas Tan Postdoctoral Fellows
Yixi Liu
Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng Lab
Yixi Liu will use an advanced nanoscale imaging technique, network-fixation expansion microscopy (nfExM), to investigate nanoscale structural changes in synapses and mitochondria in autism models, aiming to identify potential biomarkers and deepen our understanding of autism spectrum disorders.
Di Sang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng Lab
Di Sang is developing new pharmacological and genetical therapeutic approaches for autistic spectrum disorder with animal models.
Zeguan Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyden Lab
Zeguan Wang’s research focuses on developing new optical and molecular techniques to record and precisely control neural activity in the brain, with the ultimate goal to uncover fundamental principles that could inspire novel therapeutic strategies for treating brain disorders.
Chaoyi Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng Lab
Chaoyi Zhang is advancing the application of brain imaging techniques in behaving marmoset and mouse models of ASD, enabling cross-species comparisons of neural dynamics underlying social and cognitive behaviors, as well as responses to medical interventions.