Dr. Ran Darshan

Dr. Ran Darshan is a member of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and the Sagol School of Neuroscience, as well as affiliated with the School of Physics and Astronomy of the Faculty of Exact Sciences. 

Darshan holds a BSc in Physics and Biology from the Hebrew University, where he participated in the ‘Amirim’ special honors program for Exact Sciences and the ‘Etgar’ honors program for Life Sciences. He pursued a PhD in theoretical and computational neuroscience at the Hebrew University, focusing on developing theories of learning and dynamics of neural networks. Following the completion of his doctorate, Dr. Darshan established his own theoretical lab as a fellow researcher at Janelia Research Campus, HHMI. 

Dr. Darshan employs computer simulations and the use of mathematical tools to unravel how our brain works. His research draws from the realms of statistical physics, theory of nonlinear dynamics and machine learning, as he constructs and studies mathematical models of neural circuits and develops innovative tools for analyzing neural data.