Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Applied Physics
Faculty Advisors: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences), Surya Ganguli (Applied Physics), and David Sussillo (Electrical Engineering)

Research Title: Optimal Optogenetic Control of Neural Dynamical Systems

Research Description: YoungJu is pursuing a tight integration of experimental and theoretical neuroscience by combining holographic optogenetics with computational tools. Through this interdisciplinary approach, he aims to establish a general framework for system identification and optimal control of neural population dynamics and animal behavior. He integrates optical, genetic, and computational techniques in behaving mouse models to achieve this goal.

WHERE IS HE NOW?

YoungJu is a postdoc in the bioengineering department at Stanford.