David Dupret
Career Path
Leadership Team, MRC CoRE in Restorative Neural Dynamics
Appointed a Knight in the Order of Academic Palms, French Republic
Elected a Member of the Academia Europaea, honoris causa
Conferred the title of Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford
Elected a Tutorial Fellow, St Edmund Hall College, University of Oxford
Awarded the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Prize
Elected a Fellow of the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence
Awarded the National Prize for Excellence in Ph.D. work, French Society for Neuroscience
Research Themes
Mapping & rebalancing memory
We study how the brain maps experiences into hippocampal representations and rebalances these networks during learning and recall. Using neural recordings and behavioural analysis, we explore how memory maps are formed, reorganised, and updated to support flexible memory and behaviour.
Physiomarkers
We study physiomarkers as neural signatures of cognitive states, focusing on electrophysiological signals linked to memory and disease.
Tools (devices, software, algorithms)
We develop tools including algorithms and software for analysing neural data, modelling brain dynamics, and decoding cognitive states. These tools support our research on memory and brain disorders, and aim to enable scalable, reproducible, and translational neuroscience.
Approaches
Empirical Neuroscience
We use an empirical neuroscience approach by combining in vivo recordings, imaging, and behavioural experiments to study memory processes. We collect and analyse real neural data from behaving animals to uncover how brain circuits encode, store, and adapt memories in naturalistic conditions.
