Mauricio Girardi-Schappo, PhD
I have completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Ottawa and McGill University (Canada), as well as at the University of São Paulo (CEPID-FAPESP NeuroMat). I develop stochastic models of hippocampal circuits responsible for memory and navigation/spatial location, and I also study dynamics in data-driven brain models based on networks of patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy measured by MRI. I study the influence of self-organization in these deterministic and stochastic excitatory systems (neural networks and isolated cells) through nonlinear dynamics and their phase transitions (synchronization, percolation, Ising, chaos etc). Some examples of these systems are coupled maps, cellular automata, and coupled nonlinear differential equations. In the long term, my research aims to develop methods and technological applications to automate tasks, as well as assist in the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases such as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, depression, autism, schizophrenia, etc.
Research Area: Condensed Matter, Statistical Physics, Biophysics.
Office: Room 106 – Physics Department
Phone no: +55 (48)3721-2843
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Research Interests: Data analysis (data science) and theory in Computational Neuroscience; Dynamics of Neural Networks and Learning; Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions (Ising, Percolation, Branching Processes, Random Walks); Dynamical Systems, Chaos, and Bifurcations; Mechanisms of Self-Organization; Modeling of Neurons, Brain, and Neural Networks Guided by Experimental Data (Data-Driven Models).
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