
Meet the Principal Investigator

Yingxi Lin, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Yingxi Lin joined UT Southwestern in December 2023. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Chief of the Psychiatry Neuroscience Research Division. She is also a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and an Investigator in the O’Donnell Brain Institute. Originally from China, Dr. Lin studied Engineering Physics at Tsinghua University and received her Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard University. She conducted her postdoctoral research under Dr. Michael Greenberg at Harvard Medical School. She was Assistant Professor (2009-2015) and Associate Professor (2015-2018) at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prior to her current role, she was Full Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Dr. Lin’s research focuses on uncovering molecular and circuit mechanisms in neurodevelopment, memory formation, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Employing a broad array of multi-disciplinary experimental techniques, work in her lab spans analyses from the genomic and molecular level to synapse, circuit, and whole animal behavioral levels.
Current Lab Members
Jian (Alex) Xue
Postdoc

Tushar Yelhekar
Postdoc

Li Yao
Postdoc

Xiuxian Guo
Postdoc

Meizhen Meng
Graduate Student

Hieu (Key) Lam
Graduate Student

Brad Diamond
Graduate Student

Apsaline Douglas
Graduate Student

Alison Mueller
Graduate Student

Betsy Martinez
Research Assistant

Syed Khader
Research Assistant

Former Lab Members
Jacqueline Thompson

Andrew Brawner
