Xue-Xin Wei grew up in Qingdao (or Tsingtao, known for Tsingtao Beer), China. He became fascinated by the inner workings of the brain.He was the recipient of Louis B. Flexner Award, which gives to the Outstanding Thesis Work on any topics related to Neurosciences at UPenn. Since 2016, he has been working as a postdoctoral research scientist at Center for Theoretical Neuroscience & Department of Statistics at Columbia University. In January 2020, Xue-Xin will start as an Assistant professor in Department of Neuroscience.