Yimei Cai is a mentor in the 2024 SURFiN program. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Tingting Wang’s lab at Georgetown University. Cai holds a bachelor’s degree in physiology and neurobiology from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in pharmacology from Georgetown University. Her research focuses on the functions of glia cells and extracellular matrix proteins in synaptic stabilization. Cai is the recipient of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31), the Rita Levi Montalcini Scholarship and a Cosmos Scholars Award.

Principal Investigator: Tingting Wang