( CV available on request )

Education

M.S. Computer Science, 2025
Georgia Institute of Technology
Specialization: Artificial Intelligence

Ph.D. Neurosciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
International Max Planck Research School, University of Göttingen
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Oliver Schlüter
Areas: Neural network development, synaptic transmission, biophysics

B.Sc. Applied Biology with Biotechnology (1st Class Hons)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Experience

AI Engineer / Data Scientist (Fellowship)
Faculty AI (Part of Accenture)

Data Scientist (Internship)
World Disaster Center

Postdoctoral Researcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brown University
University of Pittsburgh
(Same lab, relocated from MIT to Brown, then to PITT)

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
California Institute of Technology
Area: Developmental genetics

Honors & Awards

Croucher Scholarship (Croucher Foundation)

Picower Fellowship (MIT)

Stipend of the Excellence Foundation for the Promotion of the Max Planck Society

Faculty Fellowship (Faculty AI)

Caltech SURF

Professional Service

Early-Stage Researcher Representative
MIT Science Policy Initiative

Committee Chair, IT & Information Flow
MIT Postdoctoral Association

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Distinct transmission sites within a synapse for strengthening and homeostasis
Yue Yang*, Man Ho Wong*, Xiaojie Huang*, Delia N Chiu, Yu-Zhang Liu, Vishnu Prabakaran, Amna Imran, Elisa Panzeri, Yixuan Chen, Paloma Huguet, et al.
*co-first authors
Science Advances (2025), 11 (15), eads5750.
SAP102 regulates synaptic AMPAR function through a CNIH-2-dependent mechanism
Mingna Liu, Rebecca Shi, Hongik Hwang, Kyung Seok Han, Man Ho Wong, Xiaobai Ren, Laura D Lewis, Emery N Brown, and Weifeng Xu
Journal of Neurophysiology (2018), 120 (4), 1578–1586.
Progressive maturation of silent synapses governs the duration of a critical period
Xiaojie Huang, Sophia K Stodieck, Bianka Goetze, Lei Cui, Man Ho Wong, Colin Wenzel, Leon Hosang, Yan Dong, Siegrid Löwel, and Oliver M Schlüter
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2015), 112 (24), E3131–E3140.