Dr Faisal is a Lecturer in Neurotechnology (US equivalent: Ass. Professor) jointly at the Dept. of Bioengineering and the Dept. of Computing at Imperial College London. The Faisal Lab combines cross-disciplinary computational and experimental approaches to investigate how the brain and its neural circuits make decisions, learns and controls movements. The neuroscientific findings enable the targeted development of novel technology for clinical and research applications (Neurotechnology).

Aldo read Computer Science and Physics in Germany, where he wrote his Diplomarbeit (M.Sc. thesis) in non-linear dynamical systems (with Helge Ritter). He moved on to study Biology at Cambridge University (Emmanuel College) and wrote his M.Phil. thesis on the electrophysiological and behavioural study of a complex behaviour in freely moving insects in Malcolm Burrow's group (with Tom Matheson).

For his Ph.D. he joined Simon Laughlin's group at the Zoology Department in Cambridge investigating the reliability and variability of neurons and axons using biophysics and stochastic simulations. 

He was elected a Junior Research Fellow at Cambridge University (Wolfson College) and joined the Computational & Biological Learning Group (Engineering Department) to work with Daniel Wolpert on human sensorimotor control.

Between and after his studies he gained experience in strategic mangement consulting with McKinsey & Co. (BTO) and as a "quant" with the investment bank Credit Suisse.

Aldo Faisal has now setup the Faisal Lab at Imperial College to pursue a research program that aims at understanding the brain with principles from engineering which often immediately translates into direct technological applications.