Call for PhD students starting in Fall, 2026! Please submit your application online. For the scholarship (DDL: Jan/Apr/Sep, 2026), you can write 'school scholarship' in the system but you will be considered for all eligible scholarships automatically. If you are unlucky with these scholarships, our lab still has other options for you, depending on your qualifications.
BBSRC MIBTP studentship is closed for application (next DDL: 11/2026).
China Scholarship Council - University of Birmingham PhD Scholarship is open for application (next DDL: 01/2027), more info
We continuously seek motivated team members (PhD students, Postdocs, visiting fellows).
10/2025: Welcome Ling Liu as a PhD student to the lab. Ling did her MS at Chinese Academy of Sciences.
10/2025: Welcome Tao Shan as a PhD student to the lab. Tao did his MS at Southern Methodist University.
06/2025: Congratulations to our team members, Rining Wu, Shixiao Wang, Jing Peng, and Ziwei Yin, on winning first place at the recent Closed Loop Neurotechnology Hackathon, hosted by Imperial! See more highlights.
05/2025: Welcome Huifeng Zhang as a PhD student to the lab. Huifeng did his BS at Lanzhou University.
11/2024: Welcome Haodong Ru as a PhD student to the lab. Haodong did his MS at University of Manchester.
09/2024: Welcome Shixiao Wang as a PhD student to the lab. Shixiao did his MS at Newcastle University.
06/2024: Welcome Rongqi Hong as a PhD student to the lab. Rongqi did his MS at Newcastle University.
01/2024: Welcome Shuo Zhang as a PhD student to the lab. Shuo did her MS at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
11/2023: Welcome Julia Yin as a PhD student to the lab. Julia did her BS at UC Berkeley.
03/2023: Welcome Rining Wu as a PhD student to the lab. Rining did his MS at University of Leeds.
02/2023: Welcome Jing Peng as a PhD student to the lab. Jing did his MS at University of Leeds.
08/2022: Welcome Zerui Yang as a PhD student to the lab. Zerui did his MS in at South China Univ of Tech/University of Nantes.
05/2022: Welcome Zhile Yang as a PhD student to the lab. Zhile did his BS/MS inEngineering at Tsinghua University.