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Neurobiology is an association of research labs in three main clusters, Behavioural Neuroscience (BN), Chronobiology (CB) and Molecular Neurobiology (MN), with support staff, students and guests:

Drion lab (BN)

Eisel lab (MN)

Gervais lab (BN)

Havekes lab (MN)

Hut lab (CB)

Kas lab (BN)

Meerlo lab (CB)

Moorman lab (BN)

Olivier lab (BN)

Scheurink lab (BN)

van der Veldt lab (BN)

van der Zee lab (MN)

Van Dijk lab (BN)

Tenured staff	phone	room	email
Cato Drion (assistant professor)		5171.0338	contact
Ulrich Eisel (professor)		5171.0414	contact
Nicole Gervais (assistant professor)		5171.0318	contact
Robbert Havekes (associate professor)		5171.0426	contact
Roelof Hut (professor)		5171.0338	contact
Martien Kas (professor)		5171.0226	contact
Peter Meerlo (assistant professor)		5171.0342	contact
Sanne Moorman (assistant professor)		5171.0330	contact
Jocelien Olivier (associate professor)		5171.0230	contact
Anton Scheurink (professor)		5171.0254	contact
Suzanne van der Veldt (assistant professor)		5171.0430	contact
Eddy van der Zee (professor)		5171.0430	contact
Gertjan van Dijk (professor)		5171.0246	contact

Support staff	phone	room	email
Jan Bruggink (chemical analyst)		5171.0227	contact
Robin Bakema (research technician)		5171.0250	contact
Wanda Douwenga (research technician)		5171.0314	contact
Pleunie Kraak (management and office assistant)		5171.0326	contact
Roy Meijer (research technician)		5171.0234	contact
Gerard Overkamp (research technician)		5171.0146	contact
Christa Reitzema-Klein (research technician)		5171.0234	contact
Lena Zhemchuzhnikova (research technician)		5171.0314	contact

Temporary staff	chair group	phone	room	email
Lysanne Jorna (lecturer)	van der Zee		5171.0410	contact
Natalia Orti Casañ (postdoc)	Eisel		5171.0408	contact
Vasilis Siozos (research assistant)	Kas		5171.0258	contact
Marcel Visser (affiliate professor, NIOO)				contact

PhD students	chair group	phone	room	email
Alexandra Abromeit-Sundermann (2022)	Kas, Drion		5171.0258	contact
Gargi Ahuja (2020)	van der Zee		5171.0408	contact
Francesca Borghese (2022)	Hut, Meerlo		5171.0344	contact
Romy Buwalda-Smit (2018)	Kas, Elliot		5171.0408	contact
Junfei Cao (2021)	van der Zee, Havekes		5171.0408	contact
Massimiliano (Massi) Coscia (2023)	Havekes, Moorman		5171.0344	contact
Lauren de Wit (2017)	Hut, van der Zee			contact
Natasja Drenth (2025)	Kas		5171.0344	contact
Luisa Epifani (2023)	Gervais, Meerlo		5171.0344	contact
Xioadan Guo (2021)	van Dijk		5171.0258	contact
Maarten Hamberg (2020)	Hut, Havekes		5171.0344	contact
Cherine Jantzen (2025)	Visser		NIOO	contact
Jiahao Li (2024)	Eisel, Olivier			contact
Giulia Mozzanica (2025)	Eisel, Olivier		5171.408	contact
Hamed (Hami) Nasri (2024)	Kas		5171.0344	contact
Camilla Paraciani (2021)	Havekes, Meerlo		5171.0408	contact
Morisson Pot (2020)	Visser			contact
Mayerli Prado Rivera (2021)	Olivier, Kas		5171.0258	contact
Nur Qomariyah (2014)	van Dijk, Scheurink			contact
Xin Ren (2022)	Kas		5171.0258	contact
Mirthe Ronde (2023)	Kas		5171.0258	contact
Caterina Stacchiola (2025)	Havekes, Meerlo, Moorman			contact
Maaike van der Zanden (2024)	Visser, Hut		NIOO	contact
Michael van Dijk (2021)	Kas		5171.0258	contact
Andrés Viñas Martínez (2025)	Moorman, Verhulst			contact
Kornelija Vitkute (2022)	Havekes, Meerlo		5171.0344	contact
Sophia Wilhelm (2021)	Akyurek, Havekes		5171.0408	contact
Yingying Wu (2016)	Eisel, Schoemaker			contact
Danique Zantinge (2024)	Gervais		5171.0344	contact
Youngjin Zhang (2023)	van Dijk		5171.0258	contact
Jiaoyue Zhu (2021)	Hut, van Dijk		5171.0344	contact

Guests	chair group	phone	room	email
Irem Bayraktaroglu (PhD, UMCG)	De Deyn, Eisel		5171.0408	contact
Marijke Gordijn (Chrono@Work) (050 211 1946)			external	contact
Barbara Helm (Swiss Ornithological Institute)			external	contact
Joelle Jagersma (PhD, UMCG)	Olivier		UMCG
Pieter Naudé (University of Cape Town)	Eisel		5171.0410	contact
Tamás Oroszi	van der Zee		5171.0408	contact
Celina Pütz (PhD, UMCG)	Kas		UMCG	contact
Fiona Scholte-Reijne (PhD, UMCG)	van Dijk		5171.0258	contact
William Schwartz (University of Texas at Austin)			5171.0334	contact

Former PhD students

Former members

Tim Ahuis (2025) - thesis
Dehuang Kong (2025) - thesis
Valentina Pegoretti (2025) - thesis
Adithya Sarma (2025) - thesis
Anna Langener (2024) - thesis
Suzanne Lanooij (2024) - thesis
Iris Riemersma (2024) - thesis
Mila Roozen (2024) - thesis
Aurelia Strauß (2024) - thesis
Maria Arroyo Araujo (2023) - thesis
Xiangpan Kong (2023 - thesis
Klaske Oberman (2023) - thesis
Tamas Oroszi (2023) - thesis
Natalia Orti Casan (2023) - thesis
Kata Toth (2023) - thesis
Els van der Goot (2023) - thesis
Youri Bolsius (2022) - thesis
Betty Hornix (2022) - thesis
Kevin Ike (2022) - thesis
Raj Jagesar (2022) - thesis
Renate Kat (2022) - thesis
Melanie Lindner (2022) - thesis
Sjaak Riede (2022) - thesis
Sean Tok Shui Liang (2022) - thesis
Steffen van Heijningen (2022) - thesis
Anouk Willems (2022) - thesis
Jasper Bosman (2021) - thesis
Niels Jongs (2021) - thesis
Giorgio Karapetsas (2021) - thesis
Renske Lok (2021) - thesis
Laura Staal (2021) - thesis
Sjoerd van Hasselt (2021) - thesis
Laura van Rosmalen (2021) - thesis
Leonie Gouweleeuw (2020) - thesis
Danielle Houwing (2020) - thesis
Deepika Patel (2020) - thesis
Anouschka Ramsteijn (2020) - thesis
Frank Raven (2020) - thesis
Edit Somogyi (2020) - thesis
Doortje Dekens (2019) - thesis
Diana Esquivel Franco (2019) - thesis
Theresa Floessner (2019) - thesis
Marelle Heesterbeek (2019) - thesis
Simone Ota (2019) - thesis
Maria Bove (2018) - thesis
Lidewij Schipper (2018) - thesis
Tom Woelders (2018) - thesis
Vibeke Bruinenberg (2017) - thesis
Yun Dong (2017) - thesis
Moniek Geerdink (2017) - thesis
Enrique Gil Ponce (2017) - thesis
Jeanine Kamphuis (2017) - thesis
Ewelina Kurtys (2017) - thesis
Barbara Mizumo Tomotani (2017) - thesis
Erin van Buel (2017) - thesis
Giulia Zerbini (2017) - thesis
Priscila Mazzola (2016) - thesis
Jasper Bosman (2015) - thesis
Simon Evers (2015) - thesis
Iris Hovens (2015) - thesis
Cees Mulder (2015) - thesis
Lucia Salis (2015) - thesis
Vincent van der Vinne (2015) - thesis
Wieteke Beerling (2014) - thesis
Federica Calcagnoli (2014) - thesis
Niki Dobos (2014) - thesis
Caroline Coppens (2013) - thesis
Marina Giménez (2013) - thesis
Giulia Gracceva (2013) - thesis
Stefano Guidotti (2013) - thesis
Maan van de Werken (2013) - thesis
Paulien Barf (2012) - thesis
Henriette Hulshof (2012) - thesis
Ariana Novati (2012) - thesis
Jose Vidal Mollon (2012) - thesis
Gretha Boersma (2011) - thesis
Girstautė Dagytė (2010) - thesis
Ivica Granic (2010) - thesis
Roelina Hagewoud (2010) - thesis
Marcello Masman (2010) - thesis
Deepa Natarajan - 2010) - thesis
Anghelus Ostroveanu (2009) - thesis
Rianne Seigers (2010) - thesis
Aaltje Wallinga (2010) - thesis
Doretta Caramaschi (2009) - thesis

Domien Beersma (emeritus professor)
Ate Boerema (postdoc)
Bauke Buwalda (emeritus associate professor)
Andrea Costanzo (postdoc)
Serge Daan (emeritus professor, † 2018)
Sietse de Boer (emeritus associate professor)
Pim Drinkenburg (affiliate professor, JPC)
Marina Giménez (postdoc)
Pim Heckman (FSE Fellow)
Barbara Helm (associate professor, Swiss Ornithological Institute)
Bente Hofstra (PhD, UMCG)
Warner Hoornenborg (PhD, UMCG)
Paul Jerem (MSCA fellow)
Renate Kat (postdoc)
Jan Keijser (teaching/research assistant)
Jaap Koolhaas (emeritus professor)
Paul Luiten (emeritus professor)
Remco Molenhuis (postdoc)
Csaba Nyakas (emeritus professor)
Regien Schoemaker (emeritus associate professor)
Kunja Slopsema (teaching/research assistant)
Wiggert van Ginkel (PhD, UMCG)
Danique van Vliet (PhD, UMCG)
Andrés Viñas Martinez (research assistant)
Emma Wams (postdoc)
Anouk Willems (postdoc)
Tong Zhang (PhD, GRIP)

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12 June 2025 3.56 p.m.