Our Team

	Zu-Hang Sheng, PhD Senior Investigator Chief of Synaptic Function Section, NINDS PhD (1993): Biochemistry and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
	Yuxiang Xie, PhD Staff Scientist, Lab Manager PhD (2006): Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science. *Research Interest: The role the autophagy-lysosome pathway and mitochondrial energy metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases and in vivo* system-level analyses of diseased mouse models.**
	Gui-Jing Xiong, PhD Research Fellow PhD (2014): Neuroscience, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Interest: Defective axonal organelle transport and synaptic dysfunction in neurological disorders.
	Sunan Li, PhD Research Scientist PhD (2015): Environmental Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Maryland Research Interest: Mechanisms regulating synaptic mitochondrial anchoring and synaptoenergetics in health and neurological disorders.
	Xiu-Tang Cheng, MD/PhD Staff Scientist MD (2011): Medicine, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine PhD (2016): Neuroscience, NIH - Shanghai Jiao-Tong University Joint PhD Program Research Interest: Mechanisms underlying aging-associated axonal energy metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases.
	Joseph C Roney, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow PhD (2021): Biomedical Sciences (Cell Biology), the University of Oxford, UK Research Interest: The role of inter-organelle contact and cross talk in axonal energy metabolism
	Hriday S Pandey, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow PhD (2022): Neuroscience, National Brain Research Centre, India Research Interest: The Glia-neuron transcellular signaling in the maintenance of energy metabolism at synapses.
	Blaine Connor, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow PhD (2022): Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University Research Interest: Mechanisms regulating organelle and membrane protein transport to distal axons and mitochondrial anchoring to maintain local energy metabolism, axon growth, and recovery following pathological stress.
	Yifei Gao, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow PhD (2021): Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, China Research Interest: Phase separation regulating axonal transport and energy metabolism.
	Aditi S Kulkarni, BA MD-PhD student through the NIH-OxCam and University of Minnesota BA (2017): Swarthmore College MD in Progress (2020-): University of Minnesota PhD candidate: Joint NIH-University of Cambridge GPP Research Interest: Maintenance of axonal energy metabolism in neuronal regeneration.
	Geetika Y Patwardhan, BS Post-Baccalaureate IRTA Fellow BS (2022): Molecular Cell Biology, the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa Research Interest: Defects in the endolysosomal system in neurodegenerative diseases.
	Alexandre R Sathler, BS Post-Baccalaureate IRTA Fellow BS (2022): Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon State University Research Interest: The role of Mitochondrial Trafficking in Neuronal Plasticity.