Chenglin Miao is a Principal Investigator at Peking University. His research focuses on spatial cognition, learning and memory, and cognitive aging, with an emphasis on the medial entorhinal cortex and hippocampal circuits. Centered on the medial entorhinal cortex–hippocampal circuit, he studies spatial cognition, learning and memory, as well as cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease, and develops virtual reality devices suitable for research and behavioral training across different species. As corresponding author, he has published in journals including Nature Communications, Advanced Science, PNAS, Cell Reports, and Neuron. He was selected for the Thousand Youth Talents Program and the Beijing Distinguished Young Scholars Program.