Summary
Zaixu Cui is an Assistant Investigator at the Chinese Institute for Brain Research with 11 years of experience applying machine learning and multi-modal neuroimaging to decode individual differences in behavior. He earned a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from Beijing Normal University and completed a postdoc at UPenn, collaborating with leaders in network neuroscience and complex systems. Zaixu specializes in diffusion MRI, structural and functional MRI, computational modeling, and the application of control theory to brain network dynamics. He has authored 26 peer-reviewed papers including 10 first/co-first author works and developed the widely used PANDA diffusion MRI processing toolbox with over 20,000 downloads. Beyond publications, he has practical systems expertise—authoring a popular computing-cluster setup manual with thousands of downloads—and maintains an active GitHub presence as a principal investigator. His work uniquely bridges scalable open-source neuroimaging tools and theory-driven analyses that link brain controllability to behavior.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Machine learning, Diffusion tensor imaging, Structural MRI, Functional MRI, Doctor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Machine learning, Diffusion tensor imaging, Structural MRI, Functional MRI at Beijing Normal University
Bachelor's degree, Computer science, data mining, Bachelor's degree, Computer science, data mining at Anhui University
Chinese, English