Dr. Song-Lin Ding joined the Allen Institute in 2010 as a chief neuroanatomist to create reference atlases for the developing and adult human brains. Dr. Song-Lin Ding received an M.D. from Hunan Medical University in China. He is also a Guest Professor at the Institute of Neuroscience, Guangzhou Medical College, China. His postdoctoral work at the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, focused on the development and chemical natures of the corpus callosum connections in the rat and cat visual cortex. Before joining the Allen Institute, Dr. Song-Lin Ding served as a research scientist at the University of Iowa and a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester. In both places, he focused on the anatomical organization of adult human and macaque brains. At the University of Iowa, he also helped characterize a mouse model for Batten Disease. Before this work, Dr. Song-Lin Ding was an Associate Professor at the Institute of Neuroscience, Guangzhou Medical College, China, where he investigated the development of human visual and hippocampal cortices. His research interests mainly cover connectional, chemical, developmental, and comparative aspects of the visual and limbic systems.