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
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
International Brain Lab Staff hosted @ CCU
Niccolò Bonacchi, PhD
Data Coordinator / Data Architect
Coding, Data Sharing, Psychology, Sci-Fi, Circus
Allumni
Cindy Poo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Fanny Cazettes, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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
Hanne Stensola, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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
Eleni Smaragdi
Research Technician
Madalena Fonseca
2013 INDP PhD Student
Lucas Soares
External MSc Student
Beatriz Godinho
Research Assistant
Gautam Agarwal, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bassam Atallah, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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
2008 INDP PhD Student
Maria Inês Vicente
2007 INDP PhD Student
Gil Costa
2006 BEB PhD Student
Magor Lorincz, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hope Johnson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Guillaume Dugué, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow