Benjamin Adric Dunn

Benjamin Adric Dunn is an Associate Professor in (Neural) Data Science at NTNU's Department of Mathematical Sciences. Formerly, he held positions as a PhD researcher and postdoc at NTNU's Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, with prior education including an MS in Computational Engineering from Purdue University and a BS in Applied Mathematics from the University of Connecticut. His career also includes industrial experience as a Computational Methods Engineer at Pratt & Whitney, UTC.

His research focuses on integrating mathematical and computational approaches to understand neural systems, particularly spatial cognition, grid cells, and topological data analysis in neuroscience. Key contributions include work on toroidal representations in grid cells, posture coding in neocortex, and cohomological feature extraction from neural data.

Publications emphasize multidisciplinary methods bridging algebraic topology, statistical physics, and neuroscience. Teaching includes courses like TMA4255 (Applied Statistics) and TMA4285 (Time Series). Outreach activities highlight engagement in scientific communication, including media interviews about posture-coding neurons and grid cell research.