Xiaoyu Peng Email & Phone Number

Centennial, CO, US

United States

-Assisting companies or individuals in researching products and applications within the domains of biomedical devices, neurotechnology devices, neurodegenerative diseases, depression, movement disorders, epilepsy, and more.-Evaluate product strategies.-Assist in the design of preclinical and bench tests

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

- Developed the preclinical research platforms- Full-cycle product development, marketing, customer training, and supporting. - Collaborated with the product team and cross-functional engineering teams to develop and iterate closed-loop DBS devices- Collaborated with the clinical teams to design preclinical and clinical safety and efficacy tests

Greater Denver Area

• Led the research on the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on neural dynamics in the cortex. - Collaborated with engineers and set up preclinical research platforms incorporating miniature microscopy, high-speed video.
• Created data management protocols and data analysis algorithms for the lab to handle large data sets of neural recordings and animal behaviors.
• Mentored and motivated… Show more - Led the research on the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on neural dynamics in the cortex. - Collaborated with engineers and set up preclinical research platforms incorporating.
• Mentored and motivated undergraduate interns, research associates, and graduate students to achieve personal and group goals in the lab.
• Lead author of annual progress reports, review articles, and research papers. Show less

• Led a project investigating the effects of chronic stress on the brain in a rodent model of PTSD.
• Collaborated internally with other labs to investigate gut microbe’s roles in chronic stress.
• Lead author of the grant proposal and annual progress report.

• Collaborated with clinic teams in several projects investigating the effects of autoantibodies from four major types of autoimmune encephalitis.
• Mastered knowledge and skills in microscopy, electrophysiology, cell cultures, and molecular genetics.
• Published several high-impact clinical studies and research papers as a first author. Teaching Experience
• Lectured in the course on Developmental Neurobiology and collaborated with the director on curriculum design

• Established pH-sensitive GFP labeled vesicle live imaging technique in the lab
• Collaborated with the Neuro-oncology Laboratory at Penn, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to identify cellular mechanisms of several autoimmune-mediated.
• Collaborated and initiated whole-cell patch-clamp recording experiments in the lab
• Designed an algorithm in ImageJ using JAVA script to increase signal/ noise ratio in image… Show more
• Designed an algorithm in ImageJ using JAVA script to increase signal/ noise ratio in image thresholding and segmentationTeaching Experience
• Led Introductory Biology Labs and recitations for undergraduate students Show less

Phd, Biology/Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Council

Bs, Biology, Advanced-Stem Program