About

Kaining Zhang

Postdoc in Theoretical Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis

  • (2022) Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
  • (2016) B.S. Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Teaching

  • Topics in Theoretical Biophysics, Substitute Teacher (Spring 2024)
  • Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering, Teaching Assistant (Spring 2018)
  • Electrodynamics, Teaching Assistant (Spring 2016)

Skills and Courses

  • Mathematics:
    Differential Equations, Mathematical Logic, Graph Theory, Probability and Stochastic Processes, Measure Theory, Functional Analysis, Information Theory, Algebraic Topology, Differential Topology
  • Physics:
    Computational Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Solid State Physics
  • Engineering:
    Dynamical Systems, Control Theory, Optimization and Optimal Control
  • Computer Science:
    Numerical Methods, Advanced Algorithms, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Natural Language Processing
  • Biology and Neuroscience:
    Bioelectric Phenomena, Neural Systems
  • Programming Languages:
    C/C++, Python, MATLAB, Java, Julia
  • Experimental Skills:
    Five years experience of electrophysiology recording, behavioral task design, and spiking sorting