2002年毕业于华中科技大学同济医学院预防医学专业，获学士学位；2007年毕业于上海交通大学医学院神经生物学专业，获博士学位，上海市优秀毕业生。2007年8月至2009年7月在美国肯塔基脊髓损伤研究中心进行博士后研究；2009-2015年在美国国立健康研究院（NIH）从事研究工作。主要研究方向为脊髓损伤后的轴突再生，通过研究影响中枢神经轴突再生的因素及其作用机制，探索脊髓损伤修复的有效手段。已在SCI收录期刊上发表论文多篇，被引用280余次，H-Index为10。
代表性文章：
1. Yu Z#, Yu P#, Chen H and Geller HM. Targeted inhibition of KCa3.1 attenuates TGF-β-induced reactive astrogliosis through the Smad2/3 signaling pathway. Journal of Neurochemistry, 2014, 130(1):41-49 (#co-first author) 2. Yi JH#, Katagiri Y#, Yu P#, Lourie J, Bangayan N, Symes AJ and Geller HM. Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase σ binds to neurons in the adult mouse brain. Experimental Neuroloy, 2014, 255:12-18 ( #co-first author)
3. Yu P, Pisitkun T, Wang G, Wang R, Katagiri Y, Gucek, M, Knepper MA and Geller HM. Global analysis of neuronal phosphoproteome regulation by chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. PloS One, 2013, 8(3):e59285. 4. Zhou Z, Yu P, Geller HM and Ober CK. Biomimetic polymer brushes containing tethered acetylcholine analogs for protein and hippocampal neuronal cell patterning. Biomacromolecules. 2013, 14(2):529-537
5. Yu P, Wang H, Katagiri Y and Geller HM. An in vitro model of reactive astrogliosis and its effect on neuron growth. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2012, 814:327-340 (book chapter)
6. Zhou Z, Yu P, Geller HM and Ober CK. The role of hydrogels with tethered acetylcholine functionality on the adhesion and viability of hippocampal neurons and glial cells. Biomaterials, 2012, 33(8): 2473 -2481
7. Yu P, Santiago LY, Katagiri Y, and Geller HM. Myosin II activity regulates neurite outgrowth and guidance in response to chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. Journal of Neurochemistry, 2012, 120(6):1117 -1128
8. Yu P, Zhang YP, Shields LB, Zheng Y, Hu X, Hill R, Howard R, Gu Z, Burke DA, Whittemore SR, Xu XM, Shields CB. Inhibitor of DNA binding 2 promotes sensory axonal growth after SCI. Experimental Neurology, 2011, 231(1):38-44
9. Susarla BT, Laing ED, Yu P, Katagiri Y, Geller HM, Symes AJ. Smad proteins differentially regulate TGF-β mediated induction of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. Journal of Neurochemistry, 2011, 119(4): 868- 878
10. Yu P, Huang L, Zou J, Yu Z, Wang Y, Wang X, Xu L, Liu X, Xu XM, Lu PH. Immunization with recombinant Nogo-66 receptor (NgR) promotes axonal regeneration and recovery of function after spinal cord injury in rats. Neurobiology of Disease, 2008, 32(3):535-542
