About the PI

Xue-Xin Wei (位学鑫) grew up in Qingdao (or Tsingtao, known for the beer and seafood), China. He was initially interested in becoming a mathematician. In high school, he competed in the Chinese Mathematical Olympiad, but had no luck in getting a ticket for the International Mathematical Olympiad. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in mathematics and applied mathematics at Peking University, he became interested in the brain. In 2010 he moved to UPenn to pursue a Ph.D. in Psychology (luckily, that was the only graduate program that gave him an offer). From 2016 to 2019, he worked as a postdoc in the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University.  In 2020, he started as an Assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience at UT Austin, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Psychology. He is also a member of the Center for Perceptual Systems, Center for Learning and Memory, and Center for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience at UT Austin. He is the recipient of the Louis Flexner thesis Award in 2015, and a recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship in 2025. 

Email: weixx at utexas.edu