Ulrik BeierholmView profile
Associate Professor
Ulrik Beierholm is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Durham University, serving as Department Representative and Fellow of the Durham Research Methods Centre, and holding an Associate Professor position on the Executive Board of the Biophysical Sciences Institute. His research employs computational frameworks to investigate uncertainty processing in perception, decision making, and learning through interdisciplinary methodologies. His core research spans Computational Neuroscience, Perception, Decision Making, Neuroeconomics, and Machine Learning, with emphasis on Bayesian inference and reinforcement learning models validated via psychophysics, fMRI, and pharmacological techniques. Recent work demonstrates how the nervous system optimally handles sensory uncertainty across multisensory contexts, developmental stages, and cognitive tasks. Analysis of his publication trajectory reveals consistent innovation in Bayesian modeling of perceptual processes, with growing emphasis on computational tools development, neuroeconomics applications, and educational initiatives. His work bridges theoretical neuroscience with experimental validation across diverse cognitive domains. Honors include: Facebook Faculty Award for Virtual Reality (2016) Associate Editor for PLoS Computational Biology Editor for Bayesian methods section in Springer's Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience Dr. Beierholm supervises postgraduate researchers including Denise Foresteire and has co-organized influential workshops such as the Durham Computational Biology Symposium (2018) and Probabilistic Brain Workshop (2018), establishing himself as a key collaborator in computational neuroscience communities. His dual affiliations with the Biophysical Sciences Institute and Durham Research Methods Centre facilitate cross-disciplinary integration of psychological theory, neural data, and advanced computational modeling to address fundamental questions about human cognition.
