Assistant Professor, ECE, CS, Neuroscience at UIUC | Theoretical neuroscience, neural dynamics, spiking networks | Recruiting PhDs & Postdocs
Rainer Engelken
We are recruiting PhD students and postdocs at UIUC ECE interested in learning dynamics, spiking networks, and dynamical systems. Details:
rainerengelken.github.io/join/
Rainer Engelken
Belated update: I joined UIUC ECE as an Assistant Professor. Our lab works at the intersection of theoretical neuroscience, machine learning, and dynamical systems, with a focus on learning and spiking networks. I had to miss #COSYNE2026 for visa reasons. 1/2
Rainer Engelken
Uncovering theoretical principles of learning and computation in neural circuits, from single neurons to brain-wide systems.