Deco Gustavo

Gustavo Deco is a Full Professor (Catedrático) at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), leading the Computational Neuroscience Group. He holds adjunct professorships at Monash University's Faculty of Medicine and School of Psychological Sciences (Australia), and is an Associate Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science. His academic journey includes roles as Research Professor at the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Senior Principal Research Scientist at Siemens AG, and visiting fellowships at Oxford and Munich.

Education:

• Bachelor's in Theoretical Atomic Physics, National University of Rosario (Argentina)
• PhD in Physics (1987), University of Rosario
• Habilitation in Computer Science (1997), Technical University of Munich
• PhD in Psychology (2001), Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich

Research focuses on computational neuroscience, neuropsychiatry, and brain modeling, with contributions to neuroimaging, whole-brain dynamics, and neural network theory. His work bridges physics, computer science, and clinical neuroscience.

Awards include the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2023), ERC Synergy Grant (2022), and Siemens Inventor of the Year (2001). He has secured major grants like the ERC Advanced Grant (2012) and holds 52 international patents.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Computational Neuroscience Group at Pompeu Fabra, collaborating with institutions globally. His research emphasizes translational applications in neuropsychiatric diagnostics and brain-state modeling.