Alexei Koulakov
researcher
Alexei Koulakov is a theoretical physicist and a neuroscientist. He is the Charles Robertson Professor of Neuroscience at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Koulakov's group has used mathematics and theoretical physics to explore the brain, with focus on neural computation, brain development, and the evolution of brain architecture for optimal function. He received the Sloan Fellowship in Theoretical Neuroscience from 1998 to 2001 and the NIH Director's Transformative Research Award in 2018.
Koulakov's research has been featured in media outlets, including Physics Today, Wired, Nautilus Magazine, Medical Xpress, Long Island Business News, and Scientific Inquirer.
Education and early career
Koulakov earned an Engineer-physicist degree (equivalent to an MS) in Applied Mathematics and Physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1990. From 1988 to 1993, he worked as an Engineer in the Theoretical Department at the Institute of Nuclear Energy in Troitsk, Moscow region. He then pursued a PhD in Theoretical Physics at the University of Minnesota, completing it in 1998. Following his doctoral studies, he engaged in a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuroscience in the Sloan Center for Theoretical Neurobiology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, where he conducted research from 1998 to 2001.
Career
Koulakov joined the Department of Physics at the University of Utah as an assistant professor in 2001.
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