Positions

  • 2020-now. Post-doctoral fellow @ Institut du Cerveau (ICM)

    Neurophysiology department. Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris (France).

    Supervisors: Dr N. Rebola & Dr A. Bacci

    Contextual modulation of cortical computation through interneuronal networks in the mouse visual system

  • 2019-2020. Post-doctoral fellow @ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

    Neuroinformatics group. Gif sur Yvette (France)

    Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Davison

    Model sharing and data management in computational neuroscience through the Ebrains platform

  • 2016-2019. Post-doctoral fellow. Italian Institute of Technology

    Neural Coding laboratory. Rovereto & Genova (Italy)

    Supervisors: Dr. Tommaso Fellin and Dr. Stefano Panzeri

    Modeling and analysis Network States during Wakefulness in Sensory Cortices

  • 2012-2016. Graduate student. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

    Computational Neuroscience laboratory. Gif sur Yvette (France).

    Supervisors: Dr. Alain Destexhe and Dr. Gilles Ouanounou

    Biophysical and Circuit Properties underlying Population Dynamics in Neocortex

Education

  • 2016: Ph.D. Neuroscience. Sorbonne Université (Paris, France)

    Speciality: Computational Neuroscience, Biophysics (thesis)

  • 2012: M.Sc. Cognitive Science. EHESS Paris, ENS Paris, Université Paris V

    Specialty: Mathematical and Physical modeling

  • 2011: M.Sc. Complex Systems Physics. Sorbonne Universités (Paris, France)

    Specialty: Modelling, Statistics and Algorithm in Out-of-Equilibrium Systems

    2010: Master 1 at Physics department of Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

  • 2009: B.Sc. Physics. Université Paris-Sud (Orsay, France).

    Specialty: Fundamental Physics

  • 2006-2008: Classes préparatoires PCSI-PC*, Lycée Georges Clémenceau, Nantes

Fellowships, Awards and Qualifications

  • 2020: Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship from the European Commission (190k)

  • 2019: Postdoctoral fellowship Aide au Retour en France from the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (200k)

  • 2019: Qualification for the position of “Maître de Conférence” in Neuroscience

  • 2015: Fellowship Espoirs de la Recherche from the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale

  • 2012: PhD fellowship from the Initiative d’Excellence Paris-Saclay (120k)

  • 2006: Erasmus scholarship from the European Community

Invited talks

  • 5th annual Human Brain Project summit. Glasgow 2017.

    Title: “Modelling the Diversity of Waking States in Neocortex”.

  • Sleep, Slow Wave and Aging. Paris 2018

    Title: “Network States in Sensory Cortices: Characterisation, Modelling and Function”

Conference Abstracts

  • COSYNE 2018 Denver (Usa). “The Spectrum of Asynchronous Dynamics in Spiking Networks: A Theory for the Diversity of Non-Rhythmic Waking States in Neocortex”. Y. Zerlaut, S. Zucca, Panzeri S. & T. Fellin.
  • NCCD 2017 Cap Breton (Fr) “From Sparse to Balanced Activity: Asynchronous Dynamics in Spiking Networks”. Y. Zerlaut, S. Zucca, S. Panzeri & T. Fellin.
  • CNS 2016 Prague (Cz) “Firing rate response of neocortical neurons in the uctuation-driven regime”. Y. Zerlaut, G. Ouanounou, B. Telenczuk, C. Deleuze, T. Bal and A. Destexhe
  • CNS 2015 Paris (Fr) “Estimating the transfer function of cortical neurons: from simple models to in vitro experiments”. Y. Zerlaut*, G. Ouanounou, C. Deleuze, T. Bal and A. Destexhe

Skills

  • Applied Mathematics: Dynamical systems. Stochastic processes. Differential equations. Statistics.
  • Machine Learning: Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow
  • Theoretical Neuroscience: Numerical simulations of single cell and network dynamics. Mean field models of population activity. Models of cellular and synaptic integration. Cable theory. Models of ionic channel dynamics.
  • Closed-loop systems: Dynamic-clamp, real-time analysis of electrophysiological signals for closed-loop protocols (based on RTXI)
  • Programming: python (numpy, scipy, …), C++, git, Linux, LaTeX, emacs
  • Languages: French (Mothertongue), English (Fluent), Italian (Fluent) and German (Fluent)

Scientific activities

I am a reviewer for: Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, PLoS Computational Biology, Neural Computation and the Journal of Computational Neuroscience