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






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

Megha Patwa
Research Technician

Alireza Tavanfar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Dario Sarra
2016 INDP PhD Student

João Morais
External MSc Student

Inês Laranjeira
Research Assistant

Tor Stensola, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Hanne Stensola, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Julia Huntenburg
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, 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