Meet the Team
We are a diverse group – biologists, psychologists, mathematicians, physicists, philosophers – and we code, record neuronal activity, look carefully at behavior and create theoretical models.
Lab Members

Zach Mainen, PhD
Principal Investigator
Systems Neuroscience, Neural Computation, Decision-Making, Serotonin, Psychedelics, Philosophy, VR, Music & Dance









José Teixeira
External MSc Student
Spatial Memory and Navigation, VR, Books and Inline Skating




Margarida Duarte, PhD
Research Technician
Colony management, Social/Sexual Behavior, Cinema, Music


Solène Sautory
2017 INDP PhD Student
Motor behaviour, Context, Serotonin, DJ’ing, Winning acting awards
International Brain Lab Staff hosted @ CCU


Allumni

Guido Meijer, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Romain Ligneul, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Principal investigator, INSERM, France

Cindy Poo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Senior Scientist, Allen Institute, USA

Fanny Cazettes, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Principal Investigator, INT, France

Megha Patwa
Research Technician

Alireza Tavanfar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Dario Sarra
2016 INDP PhD Student

João Morais
External MSc Student

Tor Stensola, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Associate Professor, Agder University, Norway

Hanne Stensola, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Associate Professor, Agder University, Norway

Julia Huntenburg, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Margarida Nunes
Lab Administrator

Pietro Vertechi
2014 INDP PhD Student

Eric DeWitt, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Mattia Bergomi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Principal Investigator, Veos Digital, Italy

Eleni Smaragdi
Research Technician

Madalena Fonseca
2013 INDP PhD Student

Lucas Soares
External MSc Student

Beatriz Godinho
Research Assistant

Gautam Agarwal, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Assistant Professor, Claremont Colleges, USA

Bassam Atallah, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Sandrine van Dommelen
External MSc Student

Niccolò Bonacchi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Visiting Scientist, Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal

Eran Lottem, PhD
Research Associate
Current: Assistant Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Nicolas Gutierrez, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Samuel Viana
External PhD Student

Masayoshi Murakami, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Project Specific – Assistant Professor, Yamanashi University, Japan

Paul Bush, PhD
Visiting Scientist

João Cruz
Lab Administrator

Maria Joana Rigato, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Ana Nunes, PhD
Lab Manager

Rita Venturini, MD
Visiting Scientist

Sara Matias, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Eva Kobak, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

André Mendonça, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Patrícia Correia, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Assistant Professor, American University in Cairo, Egypt

Ana Rita Fonseca
2008 INDP PhD Student

Maria Inês Vicente
2007 INDP PhD Student

Gil Costa
2006 BEB PhD Student

Magor Lorincz, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Principal Investigator, University of Szeged, Hungary

Hope Johnson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Guillaume Dugué, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Principal Investigator, Biology Institute at ENS, CNRS, France

Gidon Felsen, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Associate Professor, University of Colorado, USA

Ninglong Xu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Principal Investigator, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Matt Smear, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Associate Professor, University of Oregon, USA

Adam Kepecs, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Professor, Washington University in St.Louis, USA

Hirac Gurden, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Principal Investigator, Neurosciences at CNRS, Laboratory of Adaptive & Functional Biology, France

Naoshige Uchida, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Professor, Harvard University, USA

Veronica Egger, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Professor, Regensburg University, Germany

Steve Mackink, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Professor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, USA