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.
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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