Arvind Kumar
Associate Professor
Research interests
Cortico-basal ganglia interactions
Models of brain diseases
Neural coding
Correlations and oscillations in neuronal network
Communication between brain regions
Contact
Computational Science and Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
arvkumar @ kth . se
+46 8 790 62 24

Current Group Members

Movitz Lenninger
Postoc Researcher
Neural coding
Neural representation
Hauke Wernecke
PhD Student
Spatial Networks
Rajat Chandra Mishra
PhD Student based at IAS, Uni. Strasbourg
Short-term dynamics of synapses
Archisman Biswas
PhD Student
Neural dynamics
Network structure-dynamics relationship
Satarupa Chakrabarti
Postoc Researcher
Brain activity analysis

Former Students and Postdocs

Pascal Helson
Postdoctoral researcher: 2021-2025
Mesoscopic dynamics of the brain
Now at IMN Bordeux, France
Movitz Lenninger
PhD Student: 2019-2024
Neural coding
Neural representation
LiHao Guo
PhD Student: 2020-2025
Neuronal Diversity
Now at OIST Okinawa, Japan
Jie Zang
Visiting PhD Student: 2023
Network structure and dynamics
Now at Brown University, US
Emil Waernberg
PhD Student
Low-dimensional dynamics of spiking neuronal networks
Neural correlates of reinforcement learning
Now at Harvard University, US
Sebastian Spreizer
PhD Student: 2014-2018
Dynamics of spatial and temporal patterns in neuronal networks
NEST Desktop
Si Hao
Visiting PhD Student: 2021
Communication in neuronal networks
Luiz Tauffer
PhD Student
Short-term dynamics of synapses
Neural coding
Marko Filipovic
PhD Student: 2015-2019
Cortico-striatal interactions
Effect of dopamine on neuron transfer function
Simachew Mengiste
PhD Student: 2013-2019
Controllabilty of biological neuronal networks
Network structure and dynamics
Effect of network degeneration on network dynamics
Martin Angelhuber
PhD Student
Comp. modelling of fear conditioning
Network model of central amygdala
Dynamics of inhibitory networks
Ajith Sahasranamam
PhD and Posdoc
Effect of neuron diversity of network dynamics
Jyotika Bahuguna
PhD Student
Dynamics of basal ganglia
Inhibitory interactions in the striatum
Parkinson's disease
Alejandro F. Bujan
PhD Student
Input correlations and response variability
Communication of spiking activity
Man Yi Yim
PhD Student
Striatal activity dynamics
Effect of input correlations
Ioannis Vlachos
PhD and Posdoc
Closed loop control of brain dynamics
Comp. models of fear and anxiety
Christopher Kim
Postdoc
Dynamics of neuronal networks with delays

Collaboration with other students/postdocs

Andrew Lehr
Senior Postoc
University of Goettingen, Germany
Spatial Networks and Manifolds
Tristan Stroeber
MSc student and PhD student
University of Oslo, Norway
Dynamic interactions within and between hippocampal subfields
Jens Kremkow
MSc student and Posdoc
Feedforward inhibition
Propagation of spiking activity
Gerald Hahn
PhD student at UNIC Gif sur Yvette
Propagation of spikign activity
Communciation through resonancs
Anais Grangeray-Vilmint
PhD Student at Uni. Strasbourg
Neural coding in the cerebellum
Short-term dynamics of synapses
Orkan Ozcan
PhD Student at Uni. Strasbourg
Neural coding in the cerebellum

MSc and Internship Students

  1. Alice Bradlaw KTH, Sweden.
    Model of transcaniel brain stimulation. [2026]
  2. Moritz Pesl University of Luebeck, Germany.
    Short term synaptic dynamics for EEG data analysis. [2026]
  3. Michael Alznauer University of Luebeck, Germany.
    Entropy production in biological neural networks. [2025]
  4. Elias Benyahiya University of Lille, France
    Entropy production in Parkinson's disease. [2025]
  5. Michela Santariello University of Rome, Italy.
    Analysis of functional connectivity in normal and mild cognitivive impaiment state. [2022]
  6. Leo Hiselius KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Stimulus representation in anisotropically connected spiking neural networks. [2021]
  7. Shreya Lakhera Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India.
    Emergence of sequential activity in biological neuronal networks. [2020]
  8. Elena Manferlotti Internship Student from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna,Pisa,Italy.
    Correlated inputs to striatal population drive subthalamic nucleus hyper-synchronization [2019]
  9. Fawwaz Arshad KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    The Effects of Patchy Connectivity on Pattern Formation in Biological Neuronal Networks. [2019]
  10. Leo Zeitler KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Functional and dynamical consequences of long-range patchy connections in the neocortex. [2019]
  11. Lihao Guo KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Correlation Transfer in Striatal Network via Morphology Changes. [2019]
  12. Kim Hedelin KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Functional connectivity in basan ganglia during pathological oscillations. [2018]
  13. Anna Lindelof KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Expanding Paintings Data for Object Classification via Style Transfer.
  14. Alessandro Mecconi KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Property of beta oscillation in Parkinsonian patients on and off medication. [2017]
  15. Aitakin Ezzati KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Dynamics of inhibitory networks with spatial connectivity
  16. Emil Waernberg KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Low-dimensional dynamics of spiking neuronal networks
  17. Bo Bekkouche KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Classification of Neuronal Subtypes in the Striatum and the Effect of Neuronal Heterogeneity on the Activity Dynamics
  18. Ioannis Kalfas KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Effect of modular structure of the neocortex on the network dynamics
  19. David Huebner KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    The role of pairwise and higher-order correlations in feedforward inputs to neural networks
  20. Tristan Stroeber University of Freiburg, Germany
    Effect of spatial lesions on the stability of network activity dynamics
  21. Sebastian Spreizer University of Freiburg, Germany
    Dynamics of inhibitory networks with spatial connectivity
  22. Rafael Torres University of Freiburg, Germany
    Correlations in spatially connected networks
  23. Grace Lindsay DAAD Internship. University of Freiburg, Germany
    Corelations in clustered networks
  24. Jens Kremkow University of Freiburg, Germany
    Emergence of population synchrony in a layered network of the cat visual cortex
  25. Sven Schreder University of Freiburg, Germany
    Self-sustained activity in neuronal networks

Collaborators

  1. Upinder S. Bhalla National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India.
    Spatio-temporal sequences of neuronal activity
  2. Ulrich Egert IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany.
    Epilepsy
  3. Philippe Isope CNRS, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience. University of Strasbourg, France.
    Neural coding in the cerebellum
    Short-term dynamics of synapses
  4. Jeanette Hellgren-Kotaleski KTH Royal Institute of Technologi, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Dynamical of basal ganglia networks
  5. Jens Hjerling-Leffler Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    Functional and dynamics consequences of neuronal diversity
  6. Andreas Luethi FMI, Basel, Sweitzerland
    Functional and dynamics consequences of neuronal diversity
  7. Dinos Meletis Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    Reinforcement learning
    Dynamics and information coding in the striatum
  8. Atsushi Nambu National Institute of Physiological Science, Okazaki, Japan.
    Pathological activity of basal ganglia in Parkinson's disease
  9. Gilad Silberberg Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    Cortico-striatal interactions
  10. Robert Schmidt University of Sheffield, UK
    Basal Ganglia Modelling
    Effect of neuromodulation on network dynamics