Bachelor's in Biophysics, University of Science and Technology of China; PhD in Neurobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; trained as Neuroscientist, University of California, Berkeley, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics and Rockefeller University. Studies the neural mechanisms of visual perception and learning. Director, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University.