1996.11-2003.10　Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel　Ph.D.


1980.09-1985.07　Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou, P.R. China　M.D.

2013.09-Present　Professor, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University


2008.07-2013.08　Principal Investigator, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences


2004.06-2008.06　Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center. Mentor: Michael E. Goldberg


2004.01-2004.05　Postdoctoral, Associate Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Mentor: David Sparks


1992.03-1996.10　Senior Surgeon and Neurosurgeon, Department of Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical College, Xinxiang, Henan, P. R. China.


1985.08-1992.02　Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Second People’s Hospital of Kaifeng, Kaifeng, Henan, P. R. China.

1. Neuronal correlation of many-to-one sensorimotor mapping in lateral intraparietal cortex. Yang Zhou, Yining Liu, Mingsha Zhang*. Cerebral Cortex. Volume 30, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 5583–5596.

2. Neuronal representation of the saccadic timing signals in macaque lateral intraparietal area (LIP). Yang Zhou, Yining Liu, Si Wu, Mingsha Zhang*. Cerebral Cortex. 2018 Aug 1; 28(8):2887-2900.

3. Sites of overt and covert attention define simultaneous spatial reference centers for visuomotor response. Yang Zhou, Lixin Liang, Yujun Pan, Ning Qian*, Mingsha Zhang*. Scientific reports, 2017 April 21, 7:46556, DOI: 10.1038

4. Asymmetric representations of upper and lower visual fields in egocentric and allocentric references. Yang Zhou, Gongchen Yu, Xuefei Yu, Si Wu, Mingsha Zhang*. Journal of Vision, 2017, 17(1):9, pages: 1:11.

5. Two subdivisions of macaque LIP process visual-oculomotor information differently. Mo Chen, Bing Li, Jing Guang, Linyu Wei, Si Wu, Yu Liu*, Mingsha Zhang*. PNAS, 2016 September 28, E6263-E6270.

6. Neuronal representation of saccadic error in macaque posterior parietal cortex (PPC). Yang Zhou, Yining Liu, Haidong Lu, Si Wu, Mingsha Zhang*. eLIFE， 2016 Apr 20; 5. pii: e10912. doi: 10.7554.

7. Perisaccadic Receptive Field Expansion in the Lateral Intraparietal Area. Xiaolan Wang, Alan C. Fung, Shaobo Guan, Si Wu*, Michael E. Goldberg, Mingsha Zhang*. Neuron, Volume 90, Issue 2, 2016 April 20, Pages 400–409.

8. A spatially non-selective baseline signal in parietal cortex reflects the probability of a monkey’s success on the current trial. Mingsha Zhang*, Xiaolan Wang, and Michael E. Goldberg*. PNAS, 2014 Jun 17, 111(24):8967-72.

9. Parietal cortical neuronal activity is selective for express saccades. Mo Chen, Yu Liu, Linyu Wei, Mingsha Zhang*. Journal of Neuroscience, January 9, 2013 • 33(2):814–823.

10. Asymmetric influence of egocentric representation onto allocentric perception. Yang Zhou, Yining Liu, Wangzikang Zhang, Mingsha Zhang*. Journal of Neuroscience, June 13, 2012. 32(24):8354–8360.

11. Covert attention regulates saccadic reaction time by routing between different visual-oculomotor pathways. Shaobo Guan, Yu Liu, Ruobing Xia, and Mingsha Zhang*. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2012, 107: 1748–1755.