Meet the Team
We are a diverse group – biologists, psychologists, mathematicians, and we code, record neuronal activity, look carefully at behavior and create theorethical models.
Lab Members
Zach Mainen, PhD
Principal Investigator
Neuroscience, Uncertainty, Serotonin, Trance music, DJ’ing
Bassam Atallah, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Electrophysiology, Imaging, Behaviour, Leather-Jackets, Chicken Feet
Eric DeWitt, PhD
Research Associate
Behaviour, Neuromodulators, Models, Sailing, Communicating
Gautam Agarwal, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Oscillations, Human behaviour, Embodied Cognition, Meditation and Yoga
Margarida Nunes
Lab Administrator
Administration, Compulsive buying, Nature, Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
Mattia Bergomi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Clean desks, Guitar playing
Romain Ligneul, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Behaviour, Decision-making, Serotonin, Electronic music, DJ’ing
Solène Sautory
2017 INDP PhD Student
Motor behaviour, Context, Serotonin, DJ’ing, Winning acting awards
Allumni
Sandrine van Dommelen
External MSc Student
Eran Lottem, PhD
Research Associate
Nicolas Gutierrez, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Samuel Viana
External PhD Student
Masayoshi Murakami, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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
Ana Rita Fonseca, PhD
2008 INDP PhD Student
Maria Inês Vicente, PhD
2007 INDP PhD Student
Gil Costa, PhD
2006 BEB PhD Student
Magor Lorincz, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hope Johnson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Guillaume Dugué, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow