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Krishna Jayant is an Assistant Professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. He earned his B.Tech in Electrical Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli in 2005. He then completed both his M.S. and PhD in Electrical Computer Engineering at Cornell University, graduating in 2011 and 2014 respectively. Following his PhD, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University from 2014 to 2019. His research interests are highly interdisciplinary, focusing on novel nanotechnologies and cutting-edge techniques such as two-photon microscopy and CMOS electronics, which are crucial for dissecting brain circuits and understanding computations within the cortex. Jayant's work spans the development of methods and technologies, with a significant focus on fundamental neuroscience and innovative nanoelectronic systems. He is keenly interested in probing biophysical features that influence single neuron computations and exploring dendritic signaling and population coding behaviors. Jayant directs a research laboratory that supports various graduate students in advancing these fields.
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