Principal Investigator
Shih-Chieh (CJ) Lin, MD, PhD
Shih-Chieh (CJ) Lin, MD, PhD
林士傑 教授
Professor, Institute of Neuroscience
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan (since 2017)
shihchieh.lin@ym.edu.tw | +886-2-2826-7165
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現職:陽明大學 神經科學研究所 教授
經歷:美國國家衛生研究院(NIH) 國家老化研究所 (NIA) 研究員/長聘資深研究員 (2009-2017)
學歷:美國杜克大學 神經生物學博士 (2006)
台灣大學 醫學系醫學士 (2000)
研究:系統神經科學 | 行為電生理學 | 認知功能的神經機轉
Previous Positions
Previous Positions
- 2000-2001 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Chiang-Shan Ray Li, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
- 2002-2006 Graduate Student, Laboratory of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University
- 2006-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University
- 2009-2017 Tenure Track Investigator, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
- 2017 Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
Education
Education
- 2000 M.D., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2006 Ph.D., Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Honors and Special Scientific Recognition
Honors and Special Scientific Recognition
- 1991 Research Science Institute (RSI) Summer Camp, Washington, DC
- 1992 Bronze Medal, 33rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
- 1992-2000 Four times Presidential Award, National Taiwan University
- 1999 Harvard Medical School Exchange Student, Clinical rotations
- 2002 HHMI Predoctoral Fellowship, Neuroscience, Honorable mention
- 2008 NARSAD 2008 Young Investigator Award
- 2009 Pathway to Independence (K99/R00) Award, NIMH, NIH (*Declined due to accepting the investigator position at the NIA, NIH)
- 2010 NARSAD 2010 Young Investigator Award
- 2014 European Neurasmus Scholar
- 2014 NIH Graduate Partnerships Program Outstanding Mentor Award
- 2016 Post Baccalaureate Distinguished Mentor Award, NIA, NIH
- 2017 Promoted to Tenured Senior Investigator at NIA, NIH
- 2019 Shackleton Scholar, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan
Current Grants and Research Support
Current Grants and Research Support
- Co-PI: “Center of Excellence - Brain Research Center in Yang-Ming University”, MOST, Taiwan (2018-2022)
- PI: "Attention and Reward Signals in Noncholinergic Basal Forebrain Neurons", Shackleton Scholar Program, MOST, Taiwan (2019-2024)
Past Grants and Research Support
Past Grants and Research Support
- PI: “The roles of basal forebrain neuronal ensembles in top-down attention.” NARSAD 2008 Young Investigator Award (2008-2009)
- PI: “The roles of basal forebrain neuronal ensemble in top-down attention.“ NIMH/NIH (K99/R00) (2009-2014) ** Declined the award in order to accept a tenure track investigator position at the National Institute on Aging, NIH
- PI: “Neural circuit mechanisms of top-down attention.” NARSAD 2010 Young Investigator Award (2011-2013)
- PI: “Non-cholinergic basal forebrain neurons and neurocognitive aging.” NIA Intramural Research Program, NIH (2009-2017)
- PI: “The roles of basal forebrain neuronal ensembles in top-down attention.” NIA Intramural Research Program, NIH (2009-2017)
- PI: “The role of basal forebrain in temporal expectation”, MOST, Taiwan (2018-2020) (terminated in 2019)
- PI: “Reward prediction error signal in the basal forebrain”, MOST, Taiwan (2018-2021) (terminated in 2019)
Teaching
Teaching
- Introduction to neuroscience (Institute of Neuroscience core course)
- Master’s and PhD student seminar (Institute of Neuroscience elective course)
- Systems neuroscience: brain and behavior (Fall semester; open to graduate and undergraduate students)
- Advanced topics in systems neuroscience (Spring semester)
Last updated on 2019/10/05