Ryan Thomas Philips

About Ryan Thomas Philips

I am an Assitant Professor at the School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University (APU) and a computational neuroscientist by training. I am interested in designing theoretical-model-inspired experiments that probe brain function, particularly in mood and anxiety disorders. I completed my doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, TN, India, with Prof. V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy as my thesis guide. My postdoctoral training was at the Section on Neurobiology of Fear & Anxiety, at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH/NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA, with Dr. Christian Grillon & Dr. Monique Ernst as my mentors. My most recent projects include: exploration-exploitation under anxiety; functional connectivity of Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis (BNST) & Central Amygdala (CeA) using resting state 7T fMRI; the role of mental fatigue in threat biases; investigating valence and uncertainty circuits using task based fMRI.

Experience

1. Assistant Professor

   Azim Premji University

   Mar 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Vidyalankar Institute Of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Biomedical/Medical Engineering

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Neuroscience

  2011 — 2017