Kaiwen Sheng

Kaiwen Sheng earned his B.S. in Computer Science and Technology at Peking University, where he worked with Prof. Kai Du on machine learning applications in neuroscience and with Prof. Heping Cheng on analyzing calcium data in the SCN. He then pursued an MRes in Biosciences, focusing on Neuroscience at UCL, collaborating with Prof. Michael Hausser and Prof. Beverley Clark on a theoretical framework for studying computational specialization among cortical cell types. Currently, as a Bioengineering student in the Deisseroth and Mitra labs, Kaiwen is exploring the neural mechanisms underlying hallucinations and dreams, employing both optical and machine learning techniques.