Autism Center Researchers
Center Faculty
Guoping Feng leads a broad effort to create new models of autism using CRISPR gene-editing tools.
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
Ruidong Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow, Jazayeri Lab
Ruidong Chen studies social cognition at the level of systems neuroscience, using the language of algorithms embedded in neural circuits.
Jinyoung Kang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyden Lab
Jinyoung is developing and applying expansion microscopy technology for revealing synapse configurations with ~15 nm resolution in health and disease models.
Ryan Kast
Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng Lab
Ryan Kast develops novel tools to access and modulate specific types of brain cells within the zona incerta to better understand how they contribute to healthy brain function and to inform more effective treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Menglong Zeng
Postdoctoral Fellow, Feng Lab
Menglong Zeng is understanding the molecular language that brain cells use to communicate with each other, and how it goes awry in the context of various brain disorders.
Graduate Fellow
Isaac Treves
Tan-Yang Center for Autism Research Graduate Fellow, Gabrieli Lab
Isaac Treves studies the brain bases of mental health and mindfulness, for example, using cutting-edge methods in fMRI research to investigate how individual differences in mindfulness correlate with brain connectivity.