Dr Andrea Luppi

Dr Andrea LuppiJunior Research Fellow and Wellcome Early-Career FellowDept. of EngineeringBiography

Coming from a background in philosophy and cognitive science at the University of Oxford, Dr Luppi obtained his PhD in neuroscience from the University of Cambridge and the Alan Turing Institute. After postdoctoral training in Neuro-Engineering at the Montreal Neurological Institute, he is now back in Cambridge as a Wellcome Early Career Fellow. His work combines network science and information theory to look at the interactions between brain regions, how they support computation and how they change when consciousness is lost.

Research Interests

Dr Luppi investigates the dynamics and connectivity of the brain. He combines tools from information theory, network science, artificial intelligence and whole-brain computational modelling to understand how different brain perturbations (anaesthesia, stimulation, injury) can suppress or restore cognition and consciousness. At the intersection of integrative and computational neuroscience, Dr Luppi's work spans multiple species (humans, non-human primates, mice, zebrafish) and modalities (functional MRI, diffusion tractography, PET, genetics). Through these different lenses, the ultimate goal is to map the cognitive architecture of the brain.