LiSP Lab
School of Chemical Biology & Biotechnology

LiSP

LiSP, Ph.D.

School of Chemical Biology & Biotechnology

Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School

  • Education & Experience

    EMPLOYMENT
    Current Appointments
    2012 .10 – present Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry
    University of Toronto Toronto, ON
    2010.01 – present Project Scientist Molecular Neuroscience
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto Toronto, ON
    Previous Appointments
    2005.06–2009.12 Postdoctoral Researcher Molecular Neuroscience
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Toronto, ON

    EDUCATION

    Degrees
    Sep, 2001—Feb, 2005 Ph.D in Neuroscience Department of Biology (Neuroscience)
    College of Natural Sciences,Gyeongsang National University,Jinju, 660-701, R. Korea
    Sep, 1998—July, 2001 M.S in Neuroscience Department of Pathophysiology
    Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Wuhan, 430030, P.R. China
    Sep, 1993—July, 1998 Bachelor of Medicine Department of Medicine
    Tongji Medical University Wuhan, 430030, P.R. China
    Research, teaching and medical Training
    2005–2010 Postdoctoral Research Molecular Neuroscience
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Toronto, ON Supervisor: Dr. Fang Liu
    2002-2004 Seminars in Neuroscience College of Natural Sciences Neuropharmacology GyeongSang National Univeristy Neuroanatomy Jinju, 660-701, R. Korea
    1999 – 2000 Part-time Lecturer Department of Pathophysiology Tongji Medical College
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, 430030, P.R. China
    Supervisor: Dr. Jian Zhi Wang
    1997-1998 Resident 2nd Wuhan Municipal Hospitical Wuhan, 430030, P.R. China

  • Awards & Honors

    Distinctions and Research Awards
    1999 – 2000 HUST Postgraduate Scholarship Tongji Medical College
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
    2002-2005 Rotary Scholarship for Outstanding Rotary Korea foreign Students
    2007-2008 CAMH Research Fellowship CAMH
    2008-2010 Canada Institutes of Health Research CIHR, Canada-TUSP Research Fellowship
    2008-2010 Heart and Stroke Foundation Research Heart and Stroke Foundation Fellowship
    2011 The Juliusz, Dorota and Zofia (Zosia) First Private Research Foundation Memorial Prize in Neuropsychopharmacology
    2011 Dr. Choong-Chin Liew Best Paper Award Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
    (Toronto Chapter)
    Research Grants
    2013-2015 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant Brain & Behavior Research Foundation USA
    2016-2018 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant Brain & Behavior Research Foundation USA
    Professional Associations
    2002 – Present Society for Neuroscience
    2010 – Present Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
    Invited Seminar
    2014. June 01 Modulation of NMDA Receptors in Nicotine Addiction Korea