My lab is devoted to developing and applying novel technologies for holistic understanding of large-scale complex biological systems. Specifically, in addition to CLARITY (Nature, 2013) that I co-invented at Stanford, we have developed a host of methods (SWITCH [Cell, 2015], stochastic electrotransport [PNAS, 2015], MAP [Nature Biotechnology, 2016]) that may enable identification of multi-scale functional networks and interrogation of their system-wide, multifactorial interactions. We are applying these technologies for studying brain function and dysfunction using animal models, human clinical samples, and organoid systems.

Awards and Achievements

  • NIH New Innovator Award ( 2016)
  • McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award ( 2016)
  • Samuel Goldbith Career Development Professorship, MIT ( 2015)
  • Packard fellowships for Science and Engineering ( 2015)
  • NARSAD Young Investigator Award ( 2015)
  • Yumin awards for creativity ( 2014)
  • Searle Scholars Program ( 2014)
  • 40 under 40, Cell magazine ( 2014)