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Education 2008–2013 PhD in Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China, Thesis with Qi Ouyang and Yuhai Tu. 2004–2008 B.S. Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, China. Research Appointment 2016 – Research Associate. present 2013 – 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Advisor: Aravinthan D.T. Samuel. 2010 – 2011 Visiting Scholar, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, Advisor: Yuhai Tu. Award and Scholarship 2012 China National Scholarship. 2012 Peking University Innovation Award. Publication Papers in preparation: Si G, Berck M, Feng Y, Samuel A. “Wiring economy constrains olfactory glomerulus placement in fly larva” in preparation Published papers: 12 Si G*, Kanwal J*, Hu Y, Tabone C, Baron J, Berck M, Vignoud G, Samuel A. “Structured odorant response patterns across a complete olfactory receptor neuron population” Neuron 101, 5, 2019 [* equal contribution] 11 Zhang X, Si G, Dong Y, Chen K, Ouyang Q, Luo C, Tu Y. “Escape band in Escherichia coli chemotaxis in opposing attractant and nutrient gradients” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 116(6), 2253-2258, 2019 10 He L, Si G, Huang J, Samuel A, Perrimon N. “Mechanical regulation of stem cell differentiation through stretch-activated Piezo channel” Nature 555, 103, 2018. 9 Li Z, Cai Q, Zhang X, Si G, Ouyang Q, Luo C, Tu Y. “Barrier crossing in Escherichia coli chemotaxis” Phys. Rev. Lett. 118:098101, 2017.

1/3 8 Berck M, Khandelwal A, Claus L, Hernandez-Nunez L, Si G, Tabone C, Li F, Truman J, Fetter R, Louis M, Samuel ADT, Cardona A. “The wiring diagram of a glomerular olfactory system." eLife 5:e14859, 2016. 7 Hernandez-Nunez L, Belina J, Klein M, Si G, Claus L, Carlson JR, Samuel ADT. “Reverse-correlation analysis of navigation dynamics in Drosophila larva using opto- genetics." eLife 4:e06225, 2015. 6 Si G, Tang M, Yang X. “A pathway-based mean-field model for E. coli chemotaxis: mathematical derivation and its hyperbolic and parabolic limits." Multiscale Modeling & Simulation 12(2):907–926, 2014. 5 Bi S, Yu D, Si G, Luo C, Li T, Ouyang Q, Jakovljevic V, Sourjik V, Tu Y, Lai L. “Discovery of novel chemoeffectors and rational design of Escherichia coli chemoreceptor specificity." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 110(42):16814–16819, 2013. 4 Si G, Wu T, Ouyang Q, Tu Y. “Pathway-based mean-field model for Escherichia coli chemotaxis." Phys. Rev. Lett. 109:048101, 2012. 3 Zhu X*, Si G*, Deng N, Ouyang Q, Wu T, He Z, Jiang L, Luo C, Tu Y. “Frequency- dependent Escherichia coli chemotaxis behavior." Phys. Rev. Lett. 108:128101, 2012. [* equal contribution] 2 Si G, Yang W, Bi S, Luo C, Ouyang Q. “A parallel diffusion-based microfluidic device for bacterial chemotaxis analysis." Lab Chip, 12:1389–1394, 2012. 1 Si G, Zhu X, Kang Y, Luo C, Ouyang Q, Chen Y. “Diffusion-based concentration control in microcavities during long time period by programmed syringe pumps". Microelectronic Engineering, 87:793 – 797, 2010. Teaching/Mentoring Experience Teaching 2010 spring Thermology, Teaching Assistant, College of Physics, Peking University. Mentoring Students 2015 – 2018 Jacob Baron, Graduate Student, Faculty-mentor: A.D.T. Samuel. 2014 – 2018 Jessleen K. Kanwal, Graduate Student, Faculty-mentor: A.D.T. Samuel. 2016 – 2017 Yu Feng, Visiting Undergraduate Student, Faculty-mentor: A.D.T. Samuel. 2011 – 2013 Wei Yang, Graduate Student, Faculty-mentor: Q. Ouyang. 2011 – 2013 Zhaojun Li, Graduate student, Faculty-mentor: Q. Ouyang and Y. Tu. Presentations Talks 2019 “Wiring economy constrains olfactory glomerulus placement in fly larva”, APS March meeting, MA, U.S. 2019 “Structured olfactory code”, Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Appli- cations, MA, U.S.

2/3 2018 “Invariances in a combinatorial olfactory receptor code”, APS March meeting, CA, U.S. 2016 “Structure of odor combinatorial coding in the Drosophila larva", Maggot meeting, Janelia research campus, VA, U.S. 2013 “Pathway-based mean-field model for E. coli chemotaxis", Workshop on energy landscapes of complex systems, Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, China 2012 “A pathway-based mean-field model for E. coli chemotaxis", Forum on computational and applied mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Posters 2018 “Invariances in a combinatorial olfactory receptor code”, Neuroscience 2018, CA, U.S. 2018 “Universality in olfactory coding of odor identity and intensity”, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting, Neuronal circuits, NY, U.S. 2018 “Invariances in a combinatorial olfactory receptor code”, Cosyne 18, CO, U.S. 2017 “Orthogonal spatial features and homogeneous temporal dynamics in larval Drosophila olfactory coding", Cosyne 17, UT, U.S. 2016 “Olfaction feature detection at the first synapse in the Drosophila larva", Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting, Neuronal circuits, NY, U.S. 2015 “Decode the input-output relationship of the antennal lobe in Drosophila larva", Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting, Neurobiology of Drosophila, NY, U.S. 2012 “Theoretical and experimental study of E.coli chemotaxis in spatially and temporally varying Environments", Chinese physical society 2012 fall meeting, Guangzhou, China 2011 “Chemotaxis behaviors of E. coli Population in Spatially and Temporally Varying Environments", Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction XI, LA, U.S., 2009 “Diffusion-based concentration control in microcavities during long time period by programmed syringe pumps". 35th International conference on Micro & Nano Engineering, Ghent, Belgium

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