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Ming-Kai Pan is a movement disorder specialist and neuroscientist whose work occupies the intersection of clinical neurology, neurodynamics, and bioengineering. He currently serves as a Professor of Pharmacology and Director of the Molecular Imaging Center at National Taiwan University (NTU), an attending physician at NTU Hospital, and joint faculty at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica.
Dr. Pan’s research mission is to decode the fundamental computing principles of the cerebellum to enable precise behavioral engineering. His work posits that cerebellar computation can be described through explicit neuronal equations characterized by numerical precision and cross-individual uniformity. By treating motor control as a system grounded in the principles of physics, his laboratory seeks to bypass individual variability in neural interface design, moving toward a framework where the brain is a predictable, engineerable entity.
His research program integrates translational neurodynamics across species, bridging the gap between mouse models and human clinical applications. He has significantly advanced the understanding of essential tremor and ataxia by developing a unifying theory of motor kinematics and therapies based on frequency coding. To support these investigations, Dr. Pan has pioneered several methodological innovations, including TAG-SPARK volumetric two-photon imaging and advanced cerebellar EEG platforms for clinical spatial mapping.
Dr. Pan’s multidisciplinary contributions have been published in journals such as Nature Biomedical Engineering, Science Translational Medicine, Nature Communications, PNAS, Science Advances, and the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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