Junda Zhu, Ph.D.

Junda Zhu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scientist | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Junda Zhu, Ph.D.

Neuroscientist & Biomedical Engineer

Postdoctoral Scientist | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

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About

Innovative neuroscientist and biomedical engineer with expertise in neuroscience research, neuroimaging analytics, machine learning, and clinical applications. Proven ability to translate complex scientific findings into actionable insights for real-world healthcare solutions.

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Citations
15+
Publications
10
Years Research
3
Institutions

Latest News

June 2024

Starting at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Excited to begin a new chapter as a Postdoctoral Scientist in Neurosurgery, focusing on human brain research and clinical applications.

May 2024

Ph.D. Completed

Successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University.

Technical Skills

Analysis & Modeling

GAMMs, mixed-effects models, dimensionality reduction, SVM, ANN

Programming

Python (pandas, sklearn, pytorch), MATLAB, R, SQL

Development Tools

Git, GitHub, SVN, Code Ocean, Pavlovia

Experiment Design

Psychtoolbox, PsychoPy, eye-tracking

Neuroimaging

fMRI, DTI, AFNI, FreeSurfer

Neurophysiology

multicontact probes, optogenetics

Featured Research

Brain Structure and Activity Predicting Cognitive Maturation

Multilevel longitudinal study examining how brain structural changes affect neuronal activity that determines cognitive performance during adolescence.

Neuroimaging Development Longitudinal
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Brain Charts for the Rhesus Macaque Lifespan

Created normative growth charts for brain structure across the rhesus macaque lifespan using 1,522 MRI scans from the PRIME-DE Consortium.

Big Data Lifespan Translational
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Laminar Pattern of Adolescent Development

Investigated the laminar distribution of neurophysiological changes during adolescent development in working memory.

Electrophysiology Development Neural Circuits
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Emergence of Prefrontal Neuron Maturation

Training recurrent neural networks to perform working memory tasks, revealing universal properties underlying neuronal computations.

AI Computational Neural Networks
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Recent Publications

2025

Brain structure and activity predict cognitive maturation in adolescence

Zhu, J., Garin, C.M., Qi, X.-L., Machado, A., Constantinidis, C., et al.

Nature Neuroscience

2024

Neural Circuits and Processes of Working Memory

Zhu, J., Constantinidis, C.

Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, 2nd ed.

2024

Parallel signatures of cognitive maturation in primate antisaccade performance and prefrontal activity

Zhu, J., Zhou, X.M., et al.

iScience

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