Henry Kerr

Henry Kerr is a PhD student in mathematical neuroscience within the Living Systems Institute, supervised by Dr. Kyle Wedgwood and Prof. Peter Ashwin.  His research models the dynamics of travelling waves through spiking neuron networks, combining analysis with developing computational neuroscience tools to enable massively parallelised simulation of network evolution.

Travelling waves are observed throughout the brain as a form of broad-scale activity.  Henry's work examines the influence of voltage-gated ion channels upon the properties of the travelling wave solutions, considering the interaction between the single neuron's natural frequency of voltage oscillation as driven by the ion channels and the network-wide firing frequency that forms the travelling wave.

Beyond his PhD research, Henry is interested in the use of mathematical modelling to efficiently support the development and use of clinical technologies.