Xiao-Xiong Lin

Theoretical Systems Neuroscience
Faculty of Biology I and Bernstein Center Freiburg
Hansastr. 9a
79104 Freiburg i.Br.
Tel.: +49 (0)761 203
xiaoxiong.lin@bcf.uni-freiburg.de

Research Project

• Efficient navigation agent powered by hippocampal sequence model

Research Interest

• Neural system identification from physiological priors
• Neural manifolds and dimensionality reduction
• Prefrontal cortex and hippocampal formation in higher cognition

Techniques

• Reinforcement Learning
• Data Analysis (Human, Non-Human Primate, Rodent; Calcium Imaging, Extracellular Single-Unit Recording, MRI, EEG)
• Machine Learning
• Computational Modeling

Research Experience

• 2018–2024: Research at Translational NeuroTechnology Lab with Prof. Simon Jacob, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

• 2013-2016: Research Assistant with Prof. Yan Bao and Prof. Ernst Pöppel, Peking University, Beijing, China

Education

• 2016-2023: Fast-Track PhD, Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
• 2012-2016: BSc in Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, China
• 2013-2017: BA in Art History, Peking University, Beijing, China

Selected Publications

• Lin, X.-X., Nieder, A., Jacob, S.N.(2023). The neuronal implementation of representational geometry in primate prefrontal cortex. Science Advances [open access](https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adh8685)

•  Eisenkolb, V. M., Held, L. M., Utzschmid, A., Lin, X.-X., Krieg, S. M., Meyer, B., ... & Jacob, S. N. (2023). Human acute microelectrode array recordings with broad cortical access, single-unit resolution and parallel behavioral monitoring. Cell Reports [open access](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37141095/)

• more at [google scholar]
  (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2whAUqsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)