Educational Experience   go to the top...

Psychology and Neuroscience Summer School Program   (Jul. 2023, online, 4 weeks)   View Certificate...

Prof. Alexandra Krugliak Fitzwilliam; College of Cambridge University;

Named Top 2 Students  View Certificate...

University of Chicago Summer Session   (Jul. 2024, on-campus, 3 weeks)  

Course name: Explorations in Neuroscience: Neurons, Behavior, and Beyond

Prof. Megan McNulty; University of Chicago; Final grade: 100/100  View Certificate...

UCSC Science Internship Program (SIP)   (Jun. 2025, online, 8 weeks)  

Research Project: Gene Annotation with Comparative Annotation Toolkit

Mentor: Prajna Hebbar; University of California, Santa Cruz  View Certificate...

Calculus I: From Functions to Differential Equations   (Aug. 2023, edX online, 6 weeks)    View Certificate...

Calculus II: Multivariable Functions   (Dec. 2024, edX online, 6 weeks)    View Certificate...

PhD. Niek de Kleijn; Delft University of Technology; Final grade: 94/100

Probability and Statistics in Data Science Using Python   (Aug. 2023, edX online, 4 weeks)  

Prof. Alon Orlitsky; University of California, San Diego; Final grade: 100/100  View Certificate...

Linear Algebra I: Linear Equations   (Dec. 2024, edX online, 4 weeks)    View Certificate...

Linear Algebra II: Matrix Algebra   (Dec. 2024, edX online, 4 weeks)    View Certificate...

Linear Algebra III: Determinants and Eigenvalues   (Dec. 2024, edX online, 4 weeks)    View Certificate...

Linear Algebra IV: Orthogonality & Symmetric Matrices and the SVD   (Dec. 2024, edX online, 4 weeks)    View Certificate...

Prof. Greg Mayer; Georgia Institute of Technology; Final grade: 100/100

Awards and Honors   go to the top...

Neuroscience

International Brain Bee -  Year 2024; 3rd place out of 37 national champions  View Certificate...

National Brain Bee -  Year 2024; 1st place out of 2542 Contestants in China  View Certificate...

National Brain Bee -  Year 2023; First Prize ; 23rd place out of 2039 Contestants in China  View Certificate...

Math

High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM) -  Year 2023; Outstanding; global 1st place out of 967 teams  View Certificate...

High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM) -  Year 2022; Meritorious; global 15% out of 854 teams  View Certificate...

Berkeley Math Tournament -  Year 2023; National Individual Geometry 1st place , Team Top 25%  View Certificate...

American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) -  Year 2023; 9 points; qualified for USA(J)MO  View Certificate...

The American Mathematics Competition 12 (AMC12) -  Year 2022; Honor Roll; global 5%  View Certificate...

Biology

USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) -  Year 2024; Open Round Gold  View Certificate...

British Biology Olympiad (BBO) -  Year 2024; Gold  View Certificate...

Australian Science Olympiads-Biology (ASOB) -  Year 2023; High Distinction; global 10%  View Certificate...

Physics

British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) -  Year 2023; Round 1 Top Gold  View Certificate...

British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) -  Year 2023; Round 2 Silver  View Certificate...

Physics Bowl (Division 2) -  Year 2024; National Silver  View Certificate...

Chemistry

UK Chemistry Olympiad (UKChO) -  Year 2024; Gold  View Certificate...

Canadian Chemistry Contest (CCC) -  Year 2024; Silver  View Certificate...

Canadian Chemistry Olympiad (CCO) -  Year 2024; Bronze  View Certificate...

In School

Lou Peiming Scholarship -  Year 2022; Highest scholarship in school  View Certificate...

Trigonal Badge-Innovation Awards -  Year 2024 1st Sem.  View Certificate...

Tetragonal Badge -Scholarship Awards 1st Prize -  Year 2024 1st Sem.  View Certificate...

Tetragonal Badge -Scholarship Awards 1st Prize -  Year 2024 2nd Sem.  View Certificate...

Five Star Club (Neuroscience Club) -  Year 2025; Top award for clubs in school.  View Certificate...

Five Star Club (BonVista Accessibility Club) -  Year 2025; Top award for clubs in school.  View Certificate...

Community Service

Infinite Visionaries -  Year 2025; Most Promising Club Award to BonVista Accessibility Club  View Certificate...

(Infinite Visionaries Award is a global accolade initiated by the Fosun Foundation to honor young individuals who advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through innovative social impact projects.)

Transcripts   go to the top...

Standard Tests   go to the top...

Extracurricular Activities   go to the top...

Neuroscience Club   (Member Sept. 2023 - May 2024; Leader From May 2024)

• Hosted an undergraduate-level course on neuroscience for the club as the primary instructor, making 13 hours' slides and videos;
• Organized and hosted 2 neuroscience trivia sessions during the course;
• Organized 5 cutting-edge knowledge sharing sessions;
• Wrote and/or edited 27 neuroscience-related articles on WeChat;
• Organized 8 interdisciplinary events in collaboration with 8 different clubs;
• Participated in various activities at school and beyond, including BioBio4.0 Biology Festival, Club Joint Exhibition, and Accessibility Week.

Running Club   (Vice leader From May 2024)

• Led running sessions at school;
• Organized events such as helping fellow students learn to guide people with visually impairments;
• Running 50~60 km per month.

Producing Neuroscience Course

• Designed, wrote, and produced a neuroscience course, which covers the major aspects of neuroscience at undergraduate level and neuroanatomy & clinical conditions at the basic medical school level;
• The course contains 8 episode in 14 videos, and has a total length of nearly 5 hours, about 5k subscriber, and more than 40k views as of Jun. 2025 on BiliBli and Youtube.

Developing Personal Website

Developed personal website for sharing my blogs and works:   https://www.siqipan.com

Including the neuroscience course I produced and blogs regarding my academic research, language related topic and accessibility initiates.

Activities with International Brain Bee (IBB) Committee

• Attended IBB NextGen meeting in Toronto, Canada in Jul. 2025; (need to write more...)
• Participated in the IBB competition’s question-setting team and authored exam questions. (need to write more...)

Developing Android version of App "Pedestrian Light"

No fruits yet. This is to be complete...

Community Service   go to the top...

BonVista Accessibility Club   (Founder and Leader From May 2024)

• Organized 8 inclusive activities with local residents with visual impairments or other disabilities, in collaboration with Kangjian community government;
• Organized 3 knowledge-sharing sessions with over 10 students from Shanghai Blind Child School;
• Investigated the local accessibility infrastructure and submitted report to local government;
• Gathered traffic light data for a high-tech company and contributed to the development of an app made for persons with visual impairments;
• Visited Shanghai Blind Child School in Shanghai and the Chicago Lighthouse in Chicago;
• Study the accessibility laws in China and USA;
• Produced 11 documentary interview videos, showing the lives of persons with visual impairments and the status quo of accessibility; the videos have a total length of nearly 5 hours, and more than 40k views as of Jun. 2025 on WeChat, BiliBli and Youtube;
• Designed 4 issues of accessibility posters and posted them in 25 local neighborhoods;
• Published 23 accessibility-related articles on WeChat;
• Hosted the Accessibility Week at school, collaborating with 7 other clubs to present workshops, acccessible sport, accessible art, and other events;
• Participated in the Guide Dog Week, Club Joint Exhibition, Student Club Forum at school.

beYoureyeS  (Volunteer, Professional Running Guide, and Facilitator From Aug. 2023)

• Participated weekly in events held by beYoureyeS (a non-profit organization for persons with visual impairments) for 42 weekends as of Jun. 2025;
• Accompanied over 10 visually impaired persons to walk or jog;
• Certified Professional Running Guide;
• Organized training sessions and promoted the idea of accessibility for over 200 potential guide runners;
• Participated as photographer in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) events hosted by beYoureyeS;
• Translated 8 monthly newsletters into English;
• Typed braille on pamphlets for distribution for 3 times.

Research Experience   go to the top...

Modeling for the Widths of Corridors  (Aug. 2022, Sole author of paper)

Published to School Mathematics of Shanghai, December 2022 (ISSN 1672-7495)  View the publication...

Abstract

This paper investigates the minimum width G(d, l, p, w) of a corridor, given the known values of door width d, wall thickness p, object length l, and object width w. By establishing and analyzing the motion equation, the function G is fitted using both linear and quadratic functions through computer simulation. The quadratic fit is then optimized, leading to the final analytical expression for the function G.

Design and Feasibility Verification of Multimodal Abnormity-Aware Model for Interpretable Diagnosis of Ocular Diseases  ( Dec. 2023 – Sept. 2024, Sole author of paper)

Abstract

We devise a novel model, the Multimodal Abnormity-Aware Model (MAAM), for assisting ocular disease diagnosis. MAAM enables input of 2 kinds of ophthalmological images, namely optical coherence tomography (OCT) and color fundus images, and simulates the decision-making process of ophthalmologists by deducing the disease from abnormities. The model is composed of two submodels, the Abnormity Models and the Diagnosis Model, where the Abnormity Models identify OCT and fundus abnormities, and the Diagnosis Model identifies diseases by integrating features from the Abnormity Models. In MAAM, we introduce the fusion mechanism, the concept of codominant abnormities and diseases, and the Abnormity-to-Disease Criteria. The model partly breaks the black box of complex neural network and exposes more interpretable information for the reference of ophthalmologists. We train a proof-of-concept model, capable of identifying 8 OCT abnormities, 11 fundus abnormities, and 12 diseases. It has an overall accuracy of 89%, which verifies the feasibility of MAAM.

A Structural and Functional Bioinformatics Study of QTY-designed Retinylidene Proteins  ( Jan. 2025 – Aug. 2025, Sole author of paper)

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Abstract

Retinylidene proteins are retinal-binding light-sensitive proteins found in organisms ranging from microbes to human. Microbial opsins have been utilized in optogenetics, while animal opsins are essential for vision and light-dependent metabolic functions. However, retinylidene proteins have hydrophobic transmembrane (TM) domains, which makes them challenging to study. In this structural and functional bioinformatics study, I use the QTY (Glutamine, Threonine, Tyrosine) code to design water-soluble QTY analogs of retinylidene proteins, including 9 human and 3 microbial opsins. I provide superpositions of the AlphaFold3-predicted hydrophobic native proteins and their water-soluble QTY analogs, and experimentally-determined structures when available. I also provide a comparison of surface hydrophobicity of the variants. Despite significant changes to the protein sequence (35.53% to 50.24% in the TM domain), protein characteristics and structures are well-preserved. Furthermore, I run molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of native and QTY-designed OPN2 (rhodopsin) and analyze their response to the isomerization of 11-cis-retinal to all-trans-retinal. The results show that the QTY analog has similar functional behavior to the native protein. The findings of this study indicate that the QTY code can be used as a robust tool to design water-solubility retinylidene proteins. These have potential applications in protein studies, therapeutic treatments, and bioengineering.