Congratulations to Julian on a Successful PhD Defense!

We are thrilled to congratulate Julian Rossbroich on the successful defense of his PhD thesis, “Functional Implications of Excitation–Inhibition Balance for Learning in Neural Circuits.”

In his deep and insightful work, Julian explored how neural circuits leverage the balance between excitation and inhibition to support efficient learning. His research sheds light on how fluctuation-driven activity and inhibitory microcircuits contribute to faster, more robust, and more biologically plausible learning. The thesis offers profound insights into how the brain solves key computational challenges like the credit assignment problem using neuron-specific error signals.

Julian’s work not only advances our understanding of synaptic plasticity and learning in neural systems but also opens new avenues for developing biologically inspired learning algorithms.

We are incredibly proud of Dr Rossbroich and his great achievements and wish him continued success in his next chapter!