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
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