Coupled oscillators / Neuroscience

Oscillations pervade our world. From electronic devices to  cardiac pacemaker cells, self-sustained oscillators are found everywhere. Other systems oscillate only under specific perturbations; they are labeled as excitable. For instance, individual neurons may behave either as oscillatory or excitable.  Large ensembles self-oscillating and/or excitable units (e.g. neurons) exhibit a plethora of collective behaviors: from global oscillations to complete incoherence. 

My research activity focuses on the theoretical understanding of ensembles of oscillators (or model neurons). In my current project I investigate the effect of coupling disorder on the activity of populations of neurons, as well as populations of "rate neurons".