Yizhou Yu
Co-Founder at International Sleep Charity
Greater Cambridge Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolYizhou Yu is a neuroscientist-turned-entrepreneur with eight years of research and leadership experience at the intersection of neuroscience, public health, and machine learning. As a doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge and former researcher at Imperial and Oxford, he has led projects ranging from sleep’s role in learning to MRI signatures of Alzheimer’s risk using UK Biobank data. He co-founded the International Sleep Charity to translate sleep science into global grassroots action, blending academic rigor with nonprofit strategy. Yizhou has a track record of building and running organizations—from a summer camp to a student innovation branch—demonstrating operational agility alongside technical depth. Based in the Greater Cambridge area, he combines first-class training from Imperial College with ongoing doctoral work in neurotoxicology to tackle real-world health challenges. Notably, his profile bridges bench research, data-driven imaging studies, and community-driven public health initiatives.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Upper Canada CollegeHigh School, High School at Collège Jean-de-BrébeufBachelor’s Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, First class Hons, Bachelor’s Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, First class Hons at Imperial College LondonDoctorate Degree, Neurotoxicology, Doctorate Degree, Neurotoxicology at University of Cambridge
Spanish, Chinese, French, English
Github Skills (25)
homebrew8
linux8
ruby8
r7
macos7
package-manager6
functional-genomics5
grammar5
r-package5
data-visualisation4
data-visualization3
assign2
bioinformatics2
genomics2
pdb-files2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
izu0421/ML
Nov 2018 - May 2023
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
M1gus/AD_Parp
Jun 2021 - Jan 2024
Contributions:6 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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