Research Community

Jun Ding

Jun Ding

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and of Neurology and Neurological Sciences

Knight Initiative Funded Researchers, Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Affiliates

Seed Grant | 2015 Massively parallel microwire arrays for deep brain stimulation
Catalyst Awards | 2022 Preserving motor engrams in Parkinson's disease: Neural circuit and transcriptomic studies and strategies for resilient motor control
Lead Researcher(s)

Jun Ding
Team Members

Mark J. Schnitzer

William Greenleaf
Research Keywords

Neurodegenerative disorders

Clinical / translational research
SIGF - Graduate Fellowship | 2018 Deep brain microstimulation for memory recovery
Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2017 Stanford NeuroTechnology Initiative (Phase 2)
Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2015 Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project
Neurosciences Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards | 2015 The role of non-canonical GABA synthesis in midbrain dopamine neurons on striatal inhibition
Big Ideas in Neuroscience Award | 2015 NeuroVision Initiative
Synthetic Neuroscience Grants | 2024 A synthetic ultrasound neural interface for non-invasive and spatiotemporally precise chemogenetic and pharmacological neuromodulation
Research Keywords

Technology development

Brain function

Circuits and systems
Catalyst Momentum Awards | 2025 Preserving Motor Engrams in Parkinson's Disease: Neural Circuit and Transcriptomic Studies and Strategies for Resilient Motor Control (renewed)
Lead Researcher(s)

Jun Ding
Team Members

Mark J. Schnitzer

William Greenleaf
Research Keywords

Neurodegenerative disorders

Discovery science