Over 30 years of research experience in basic neuroscience and brain diseases

– Long term focus in basic neuroscience research and discover the memory switch: cholecystokinin;
– Dedicated to the drug development for brain diseases, including epilepsy, tinnitus, dementia, depression, etc.;
– Publish over 110 high impact academic articles and 9 US and international patents;
– Research supported by UGC (Hong Kong), ITF (Hong Kong), HMRF (Hong Kong), MOST (mainland China), NSFC (mainland China), CAS (mainland China), etc. The total funding amount is up to 90 million HKD.
– Professor He has supervised over 50 Ph.D. graduates. He is now supervising 18 postdoctoral fellows and 41 Ph.D. students.

Education

– 1989-1993
Doctor of Medicine
University of Tokushima
Doctor of Engineering
University of Tokyo

– 1979-1986
Bachelor of Engineering
Master of Engineering
Harbin Institute of Technology

Biography

– 2021-now
Department Head
Department of Neuroscience
City University of Hong Kong

– 2018-now
Chair Professor
Wong Chun Hong Chair Professor of Translational Neuroscience
Department of Neuroscience
Department of Biomedical Sciences
City University of Hong Kong

– 2013-2018
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biomedical Sciences
City University of Hong Kong

– 2008-2013
Director
CAS-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory

– 1998-2013
Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

– 1995-1998
Post-doctoral Fellow
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)