Dr Melvyn Tyloo

I obtained my master degree and PhD in Theoretical Physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) respectively in 2016 and 2020. From Feb.2022 to Oct.2024, I was a Director's Postdoc Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and also affiliated with the Center for Nonlinear Studies (CNLS). I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Living Systems Institute at the University of Exeter. My research focuses on complex network-coupled dynamical systems, the identification of their local/global vulnerabilities against external perturbations and their control. I am currently working on open and closed loop algorithms for the control of networks of neurons which are used in experiments.

Major funding obtained:

• Exploratory Research Seedlings at LANL. 1 year of funding (∼$150k) together with Marc Vuffray and Andrey Lokhov (2022-2023).
• Director’s Fellowship at LANL. 3 years of funding + additional material (∼$500k) (2022-2024).

Some achievements:

• Invited speaker for 19 presentations at international conferences and seminars; More than 40 contribution to conferences and internal seminars.
• 36 scientific publications.
• Supervision of undergrad and graduate students.
• Creation of a lecture on nonlinear optimal control.