Izaak Neri PhD.
Bio
My two main topics of research are:
Spectra of infinitely large graphs and its applications: Neural networks and social networks are two examples of large complex systems defined on directed graphs. It is interesting to understand how their network structure relates to their dynamical properties, for example, how brain architecture relates to the observed dynamical responses. To this aim, I study the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of large, random, directed graphs and use their properties to characterise the dynamics of complex systems defined on large directed graphs.
Nonequilibrium stochastic thermodynamics: The focus of this research is to identify generic principles for systems that are driven away far from thermal equilibrium and are fluctuating. Examples are molecular motors, enzymes, small electronic devices, etc. My recent interests are in a universal tradeoff between speed, fluctuations, and dissipation that underlies nonequilibrium processes.
Currently, I am based in the Disordered Systems Group of the Mathematics Department of King's College London.
Employment
Aug 2022 - Now
Senior Lecturer in Disordered Systems
Department of Mathematics, King’s College London
Sep 2018 - Jul 2022
Lecturer in Disordered Systems
Department of Mathematics, King’s College London
Postdoctoral Experience
Sep 2016 - Aug 2018
Postdoctoral Contract
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (mpi-pks)
Biological Physics Group of Prof. Dr. Frank Jülicher
Sep 2013 – Sep 2016
ELBE PostDoctoral Fellowship
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (mpi-pks)
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (mpi-cbg)
Joint postdoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Jülicher and the lab of Prof. Dr. Marino Zerial
Sep 2010 – Sep 2013
Postdoctoral contract on an ANR project
University of Montpellier, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2c)
Dr. Norbert Kern and Prof. Dr. Andrea Parmeggiani
Education
June 2020
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Recognition of attainment against the UK
Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education
Fev 2006- Jun 2010
PhD. in Physics
KU Leuven, Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITF)
Prof. Dr. Désiré Bollé
Thesis: Statistical Mechanics of Spin Models on Graphs
Jul 2005
Master of Science (Physics)
Ghent University
Prof. Dr. Jan Ryckebusch
Thesis: High Tc Superconductivity and the Hubbard Model