Current lab members
| Yongxing Lu PhD candidate 2025-present | 
| Joshua Wilhelm PhD candidate 2024-present [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Sumiya Abdirashid PhD candidate 2020-present [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Tianxin Shu PhD candidate 2024-present |
| Maartje de Jong Post-doctoral research fellow 2018-present [ LinkedIn | Google scholar | Webpage ] | 
| Carlien Roelofzen PhD candidate 2016-present [ LinkedIn ] |
| Marcus Daghlian PhD candidate 2021-present [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Mayra Bittencourt Post-doctoral research fellow 2022-present [ LinkedIn | Google scholar ] |
| Ilona Bloem Post-doctoral research fellow 2023-present [ LinkedIn | Google scholar ] |
Lab images
 November 2025 Kathi's defence, with the new doctor Kathi, paranymphs Marcus and Sumiya, promotors, Serge and Maartje, committee members, Franscesca, Ilona, Gareth, Michael and Heleen, and rector Chris. | |
 June 2024 Spinoza and lab outing somewhere in South Holland. | |
 January 2024 PhD defense Luisa, with promotors Serge, Jeroen, Tomas and Wietske. Also featuring Jurjen as paranymph. | |
 May 2022 Spinoza and lab (photo by Marieke de Lorijn) with Serge, Wietske, Diederick, Jurjen, Leonie, Niklas, Sumiya, Nikos, Emma, Mayca, Luisa, Wietkse, Marcus, Tomas and Nicolas. | |
 December 2021 Spinoza and lab drinks in between lockdowns to say goodbye to Yuxuan, also featuring Carlien, Johan, Marcus, Wietske, Icaro, Minni, Nikos, Shir, Serge, Kathi, Luisa and Sumiya. | |
 May 2020 lab meeting using video-conferencing. | |
December 2019 at the NVP Winter Conference on Brain and Cognition, with Antoine, Yuxuan, Ada, Ben, Carlien, Jelle, Leonie, Ineke and Shir. |
Alumni
| Marco Aqil PhD candidate 2018-2025 [ LinkedIn | Google scholar ] | ||
| Jurjen Heij PhD candidate 2020-2025 [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Katharina Eickhoff PhD candidate 2020-2025 |
| Luisa Raimondo PhD candidate 2019-2024 [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Carlota Sabate Research assistant 2022-2023 [ LinkedIn ] |
| Andromachi (Ada) Tsouli (PhD candidate) 2016-2022 [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Icaro de Oliveira (PhD candidate) 2018-2022 [ LinkedIn ] |
| Shir Hofstetter (Post-doctoral research fellow) 2018-2022 [ Google scholar ] | 
| Yuxuan Cai (PhD candidate) 2017-2022 [ LinkedIn ] |
| Niklas Muller (Research assistant) 2021-2022 [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Jelle van Dijk (PhD candidate / Post-doctoral research fellow) 2015-2021 [ LinkedIn | Google scholar ] |
| Antoine Barbot (Post-doctoral research fellow) 2019-2021 [ Google scholar ] | 
| Akhil Edadan (PhD candidate) 2016-2020 [ LinkedIn ] |
| Leonie Warlo (Research assistant) 2019-2021 [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Wietske Zuiderbaan (PhD candidate / Post-doctoral research fellow) 2010-2019 |
| Michael Accetto (Research assistant) 2018-2019 [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Jutta de Jong (Research assistant / PhD candidate) 2016-2019 [ LinkedIn ] |
| Barrie P. Klein (PhD candidate) 2010-2018 [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Alessio Fracasso (postdoc) 2012-2017 [ LinkedIn | Google scholar ] |
| Martijn Barendregt (PhD candidate) 2011-2016 [ LinkedIn ] | 
| Jonathan van Leeuwen (Research assistant) 2014-2016 [ LinkedIn ] |
| Ben M. Harvey
(postdoc) 2009-2015 [ Webpage | Google scholar ] | 
| Jan W. Brascamp (postdoc) 2011-2012 [ Webpage | Google scholar] |
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