Prof Thomas Nowotny is leading the team at the University of Sussex focusing on the computational modelling aspects of the project.
Thomas obtained his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Leipzig in 2001 and after working at UCSD for 5 years moved to the University of Sussex in 2007 where he is now a Professor of Informatics.
His interest include Chemical Sensing, Computational Neuroscience, Dynamic Clamp, Electronic Nose, GPU Computing, High Performance Computing, Insects, Ion channels, Machine Learning (AI), Neural networks, Novel Computing Paradigms, Olfaction, Robotics, and Systems Neuroscience.