GIFT Faculty
Yang Xie
Associate Professor, Global Institute of Future Technology, SJTU
Ph.D., Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Email :yang.xie@sjtu.edu.cn
Webpage :yxie-lab.com
Education

2009-2013,Fudan University,School of Life Science,B.S

2013-2019,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Institute of Neuroscience,Ph.D

Work Experience

2022-2025,Lingang Laboratory ,Principle Investigator

2025-Pres.,Global Institute of Future Technology, SJTU,Tenure-track Associate Professor

Research Fields

Cognitive Control on Neural Circuit

Continual Learning

Reasoning and Problem Solving

Honors and Awards

2022,Shanghai Rising Star Program for Young Scientists

Selected Publications (10 selected in last 3 years)

Li, S., Xie, Y.#, Wang, L.#, Flexible Use of Limited Resources based on Geometry of Sequence Working Memory in Macaque Prefrontal Cortex. Accepted, Nature Communications. #Co-corresponding authors.

Guo, Y., Sun, Q., Xie, Y. #, Minonzio, J. G. #, Xu, K. #, & Ta, D. #, 2025. Brain-Wide Transcranial Ultrasound Localization Microscopy of the Non-Human Primate. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 1-1 (2025).

Tian, Y., Yin, J., Wang, C., He, Z., Xie, J., Feng, X., Zhou, Y., Ma, T., Xie, Y., Li, X. and Yang, T., 2023. An Ultraflexible Electrode Array for Large‐Scale Chronic Recording in the Nonhuman Primate Brain. Advanced Science, 10(33), p.2302333.

Xie, Y.*, Hu, P.*, Li, J., Chen, J., Song, W., Wang, X.J., Yang, T., Dehaene, S., Tang, S. #, Min, B. # and Wang, L. #, 2022. Geometry of sequence working memory in macaque prefrontal cortex. Science, 375(6581), pp.632-639.

Xie, Y. and Zhang, Z., 2020. Understanding Commonalities and Discrepancies between Feature and Spatial Attention Effect in the Context of a Normalization Model. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(5), pp.955-957.

Xie, Y., Nie, C. and Yang, T., 2018. Covert shift of attention modulates the value encoding in the orbitofrontal cortex. Elife, 7, p.e31507.

Sheng, Q. *, Luo, S. *, Jia, J. *, Fan, Z. *, Li, D. *, He, Z., Wang, F., Chen, Y., Yuan, S., Cheng, Z. #, Li, C. #, and Xie, Y. #, Representation Sharing and Separation of Multiple Tasks in Macaque Prefrontal Cortex. In preparation.

Sheng, W., Huang X, Xie, Y., Tsakiris, M., Yang Y., Posterior parietal cortex mediates rarity-induced decision bias and learning under uncertainty. Under Review, Neuron.