Theoretical & computational neuroscience
Matthew
Szuromi
PhD Student · Boston University
Using tools from mathematics and physics to understand how neural systems behave, learn, and break down.
About
A bit about me
I'm a doctoral student in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience at Boston University. I work with Gabriel Ocker at BU, and with Mark Kramer and Catherine Chu in the BRAIN Dynamics Lab at Johns Hopkins.
I grew up in Rochester, NY, and studied pure mathematics and physics at the University of Michigan, where I did research in experimental particle physics. Before starting my PhD in 2023, I spent two years as a research technician in William Stacey's lab at Michigan's Biointerfaces Institute, building phenomenological models of seizure dynamics to better guide stimulation therapies for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Today my work spans theoretical modeling, mathematical and computational tool building, neural data analysis, human memory, and epilepsy — described in more depth on my research page.