Robert Rosenbaum is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Notre Dame, holding a concurrent appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences. A mathematician by training, he received his B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science in 2006, M.S. in Mathematics in 2008, and Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2011, all from the University of Houston. After completing his doctorate, Rosenbaum served as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh from 2011 to 2014. He joined the University of Notre Dame in 2014 as an Assistant Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics. He was appointed Huisking Foundation Assistant Professor from 2019 to 2020 before being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2020. Since 2021, he has directed the graduate studies program in his department.

Rosenbaum's research specializes in computational and mathematical modeling of neural circuits in the brain. His work examines the emergence and functional role of excitatory-inhibitory balance in cortical circuits and explores the interface between neuroscience and artificial intelligence, investigating mutual insights between biological and artificial neural networks. He has authored a textbook, Modeling Neural Circuits Made Simple with Python (MIT Press, 2024), and numerous peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals. Key publications include "Functional connectomics reveals general wiring rule in mouse visual cortex" in Nature (2025), "Rapid compensatory plasticity revealed by dynamic correlated activity in monkeys in vivo" in Nature Neuroscience (2023), "Meta-learning biologically plausible plasticity rules with random feedback pathways" in Nature Communications (2023), "The spatial structure of correlated neuronal variability" in Nature Neuroscience (2017), and "Balanced networks of spiking neurons with spatially dependent recurrent connections" in Physical Review X (2014). Rosenbaum has received the NSF CAREER Award (2017–2022), the Huisking Foundation Assistant Professor Appointment (2019–2020), and the Edmund P. Joyce Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2022). His contributions have advanced understanding of neural dynamics and computation, bridging mathematics and neuroscience.

Professional Email: robert.rosenbaum@nd.edu