Li Yao

I am a post doc advised by Prof. Byungkook Lim in biological sciences at University of California San Diego (UCSD), Before joining UCSD from 2022, I recieved my Ph.D. degree in cognitive neuroscience from Beijing Normal University (BNU).

I'm interested in local and long-range circuit mechanisms underlying mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases (especially cortical-stritum-thalamic loop for movement control and Parkinson's disease).

Education

Ph.D.          Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2020
                       College of Psychology, Beijing Normal University (BNU), China
                       Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience
                       Advisor: Prof. Xiaohui Zhang

                       Research interests: microcircuit plasticity in visual cortex

B.S.              Sept. 2009 - Jun. 2013
                       College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University (ANU), China
                       B.S. in Biological Sciences