Lu Zhang is a 33-year-old male Chinese national with a PhD in neural physiology from East China Normal University. He has over 5 years of experience as a postdoctoral researcher studying signal processing in neuroscience and psychiatry. His research interests include data mining in brain science using machine learning methods and neuronal mechanisms of brain oscillations. He is fluent in English and his native Chinese.

1. Lu Zhang, PhD.
Nationality: China
Sex: Male Age: 33
e-mail: math2437@hotmail.com Mobile : +86 18801626640
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Profession
Signal processing in neuroscience and psychiatry (spike train, local field potential and
fMRI)
in vivo electrophysiology
Data mining in biology and psychiatry using machine learning method (PCA,
community clustering, Bayesian networks etc.)
Working Experience
5/2015 - Present Postdoctoral researcher
Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, China
Project: Causal Inference of Brain Wide Dysconnectivity in Schizophrenia.
Job: Data mining in multi-site psychiatric data sets and open source data sets (Human Connectome
Project)
10/2012 - 4/2015 Postdoctoral researcher
Cerebellum Navigation and Memory (CeZaMe) Team - UMR CNRS8246,INSERM
1130, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, France
Project : Hippocampal-Cerebellar Interactions during Goal-Directed Navigation
Job: Behavioral and electrophysiological experiment in mouse; corresponding data analyses
Education
9/2005 - 6/2012 Ph.D.
Shanghai Institute of Brain Functional Genomics, East China Normal University,
China
Majored in Neural Physiology (Learning and Memory)
Thesis: Theta-driving cell and Theta-pulsing cell in Hippocampal CA1
Job: Association and causality study in spike-field analysis of electrophysiological data recorded
from rodents.
9/2008- 9/2010 Visiting Student
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, German Primate Center, Germany
Majored in Cognitive Neuroscience
Project: Attentional Modulation on Discriminability of Single Neuron in MST
Job: Data mining of electrophysiological data recorded from non-human primate using signal

2. processing and machine learning method
9/2001 - 7/2005 B.S.
Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, China
Majored in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Research Experience and Techniques
Computer Skills
Professional:
1. Expertise in signal processing and machine learning in Matlab/ R
2. Strong knowledge of statistics in Matlab/R/SPSS
3. Familiar with data visualization tools in Matlab/R/Circos/Cytoscape/Gephi
4. Familiar with software in electrophysiology Spike2/NeuroExplorer/Plexon offline sorter
General:
Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/ MS Office
in vivo Electrophysiology
Electrode(tetrode) preparing; animal surgery; engineering in self-triggered behavioral
experiment by CED and spike2; single units/LFP recording in CED/Plexon
Research Interests
1. Data mining in any field of brain science and cognitive science
2. Neuronal mechanism and function of various brain oscillations
3. Regional interaction in brain circuits related to spatial navigation/memory/visual
attention/decision.
4. Pathophysiology of brain disease such as schizophrenia and depression in brain-wide
network level
Language
English (fluent), Chinese (native)