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
Rogier Landman
Research Scientist, Feng Lab | Group Leader, Neurobehavior
Rogier Landman is developing and optimizing automated behavioral tracking systems and behavioral tasks for for measuring social interactions and cognitive function in NHP models of brain disorders.
Participating labs: Desimone, Halassa, Sur, and Feng
Jitendra Sharma
Research Scientist, Sur Lab | Group Leader, Neurophysiology
Jitendra Sharma is developing and optimizing tools and protocols for measuring neuronal activities in NHP models of brain disorders. These technologies include EEG, ECoG and multi-electrode recording, fMRI and multi-photon imaging.
Participating labs: Desimone, Sur, Halassa, and Anikeeva
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
Yangning Lu
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyden Lab
Yangning Lu develops novel high-throughput methodologies to reconstruct connectomes in complete nervous systems with molecular annotations, providing the structural basis for behaviors.
Di Sang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng Lab
Di Sang is developing new pharmacological and genetic therapeutic approaches for autistic spectrum disorder with animal models.
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.