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General Information

Full Name Ziyang Xu
Email ziyangxu25(at)gmail(dot)com
Languages Chinese (Mandarin / Wuxi Dialect), English

Education

  • 2026 - now
    PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
  • 2023
    Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
  • 2020
    Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Intelligent Control
    Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China

Research Experience

  • 2023 - 2026
    Research Imaging Analyst
    University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    • Best Poster Award, CoNDA Center Colloquium, UNMC
  • 2016, 2017
    • Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance, Nantong University
    • Merit Student, Nantong University
    • First Prize in the China Robot Competition

Academic Interests

  • Computational Neuroscience
    • Brain structure morphometry and functional connectivity
    • Neuroimaging pipelines for psychiatric research