Zheng Wu

Zheng Wu, PhD

Herbert Wu (Preferred Name)

About Me

Herbert is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. After receiving a Ph.D in Neurobiology from Harvard University, he did his postdoctoral work at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University. He is a Sloan Research Fellow and was a Junior Fellow at the Simons Society of Fellows and an inaugural ISFS Fellow.

Learn more about the Herbert Wu Laboratory.

Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neuroscience
Research Topics

Anatomy, Autism, Biomechanics/Bioengineering, Biomedical Sciences, Biophotonics, Biophysics, Brain, Brain Imaging, Cerebellum, Cerebral Cortex, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Diversity, Electrophysiology, Endocrinology, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, Gene Expressions, Genomics, Hippocampus, Hormones, Image Analysis, Imaging, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Memory, Motor Control, Neural Networks, Neurobiology, Neuropeptides, Neuroscience, Prefrontal Cortex, Stem Cells, Stress, Systems Neuroscience, Theoretical Neuroscience, Two-Photon Imaging

Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas

Development Regeneration and Stem Cells [DRS], Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS], Neuroscience [NEU]

Education

PhD, Harvard University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University

Awards

2023

Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience

2023

NIMH Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS)

2021

ISFS Fellow, Intersections Science Fellows Symposium

2016

Junior Fellow, Simons Society of Fellows

Research

Many of our most important decisions are made in the social context. The study of decision making has primarily examined decisions when individuals only need to consider their own preferences and perception of the world. Meanwhile, mechanistic insights into social behaviors predominantly arose from studies of innate reproductive behaviors such as aggression and parenting. Much is unknown about the more complex, cognitive forms of social interactions, such as trust, helping, and empathy, that are particularly impacted by autism. We are developing new paradigms to study these cognitive forms of social interactions. Please visit our lab website to know more and connect with us!

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