The brain is a complex adaptive system. A central theme of research in Prof. Rishikesh Narayanan’s laboratory is that complexity is an essential device of evolution towards achieving physiological robustness. From this perspective, work in Prof. Narayanan’s laboratory embraces complexity as the lynchpin that drives robustness of the nervous system, rather than considering complexity as an inconvenience that makes analyses difficult. The laboratory focuses on remedying certain historical oversimplifications in single-neuron and network physiology, employing a combination of experimental (in vitro and in vivo electrophysiology) and computational techniques. Recognitions: 

• Revati and Satya Nadham Atluri Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 2018–2021.
• Senior Fellow, DBT–Wellcome Trust India Alliance, India, 2017–2023.
• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Biological Sciences, CSIR, India, 2016.
• DBT-NIH (USA) Brain Research Collaborative Partnership Program grant, 2011–2013.
• Career development award, Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), 2010–2013.
• Cross-disciplinary fellowship, Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), 2005–2008.