Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
As an academic, Dr.Udeigwe enjoys devoting equal attention to both teaching and research, as well as being able to introduce his research materials in his courses with the goal of continuously improving mathematics pedagogy and, even, birthing new courses. At Manhattan College, he introduced and created new courses in computational neuroscience and applied dynamical systems that he has taught to both graduate and undergraduate students.
Dr Udeigwe is constantly looking for interested and hardworking students to collaborate with on research projects. His research areas include differential equations and dynamical systems; computational neuroscience; and mathematical pedagogy. He is also interested in exploring the relationships between mathematics and music. In Fall 2020, Dr. Udeigwe was awarded a ~$29000 National Science Foundation research grant to serve as Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), Los Angeles, CA, where he was one of the core participants in the long-term program Mathematical Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Vehicles. In 2021, he was awarded a Department of Defense research grant of $371,000 from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) and the Army Research Office (ARO) to support his work on the homeostasis of synaptic plasticity and memory formation in the brain.
Dr Udeigwe holds an appointment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Dr. Luther King Jr. Visiting Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. At MIT, he collaborates with the DiCarlo Lab where his project involves using machine learning and dynamical systems techniques to understand the neuronal representations and computational mechanisms that underlie visual object recognition in primates.
Outside of mathematics and science, Dr. Udeigwe is a singer-songwriter and leads the Lorens Chuno group whose music can be heard here. Among many themes, his songwriting tackles intersectionality issues faced by the contemporary African. He also explores the different ways in which mathematics and jazz can be interfaced.