2023 Students
Jonathan Harris
I am interested in using optical systems to both study and modulate the behaviour of small-molecules and/or macromolecular agents in the development of therapeutic tools to treat chronic and acute disease.
Email | Jonathon.harris.23@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | MSci Chemistry with Biomedicine, King’s College London (2023) | King’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship, King’s College London (Summer 2022)
Funding | Wellcome
Nick Monaco
I am interested in the influence of internal states on the neural circuits that underlie behaviour and the cellular mechanisms of brain-body interactions.
Email | nicholas.monaco.23@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | A.B. Neuroscience, Harvard College (2022) | MSc by Research in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University (2023)
Funding | Wellcome
Ines Fernandez Mosquera
I am interested in the role that cell mechanics and changes in cell shape play in the determination of cellular fate during development.
Email | ines.mosquera.19@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | MSci Natural Sciences (Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology) UCL (2023)
Funding | Wellcome
Louisa Snape
I am interested in using optical technologies to probe cell death mechanisms and protein clearance pathways associated with neuronal functionality and neurodegenerative disease.
Email | louisa.snape.23@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | BA Natural Sciences (Neuroscience), University of Cambridge (2018-21) | MPhil Biological Sciences (Neuroscience), University of Cambridge (2021-22) | Research Assistant in Developmental Genetics, University of Bath (2022-23)
Awards | College Prize for Biological Natural Sciences Tripos Results (2020)
Funding | Wellcome
Joseph Thomas
Email | joseph.thomas.23@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID | ResearchGate
Bio | Assistant Professor of Physiology – ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad & East Point Medical College, Bangalore (2017-22); MD Physiology – MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore (2014-17); MSc Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience – University of Sheffield, UK (2012-13); BSc Physics (Major) & Mathematics (Minor) – St. Albert’s College, Cochin (2008-12); MBBS – MOSC Medical College, Cochin (2002-08)
Awards & Achievements | UCL International Scholar Award for Doctoral Training Centres (2023); Pass with Distinction (MSc) from the University of Sheffield, UK (2013)
Funding | Wellcome
2022 Students
Andrea Balukova
I am interested in developing and optimizing optical methods to study early development of cancer, which can then be used to design novel early detection technologies and/or nanotechnology-based therapeutic systems for cancer treatment.
Email | andrea.balukova.16@ucl.ac.uk
Web | LinkedIn
Bio | Research Assistant – UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences (2020-2022) | MSc Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, UCL (2019 – 2020) | BSc Bioprocessing of New Medicines (Science and Engineering), UCL (2016-2019)
Funding | Wellcome
Tinya Chang
Zhexing (Judy) Ge
I am interested in neuro-glia interactions.
Email | zhexing.ge.22@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | BSC Applied Medical Sciences, UCL (2017-2020)
Funding | Wellcome
Sumiya Kuroda
I’m interested in developing better optical technologies to map the function and connectivity of neural circuits underlying sensorimotor transformations.
Email | s.kuroda@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID | GitHub | Twitter
Bio | Bachelor of Medicine, The University of Tokyo (2016-2022)
Awards | UCL International Scholar Award for Doctoral Training Centres (2022) | Heiwa Nakajima Scholarship (2022) | Friends of UTokyo, Inc. Global Leadership Award (2021) | Ohtsubo Osamu Tetsumon Fellowship (2021)
Funding | Wellcome
Alexandru Prodan
I am interested in the neuronal activation patterns and molecular signatures underlying learning and memory formation.
Email | alexandru.prodan.22@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | Research assistant, University of Edinburgh, Centre for Brain Discovery (2021-2022) | MSc Molecular Neurosciences, Amsterdam University (2019-2021) | BSc Biomedical Sciences, Maastricht University (2016-2019) | BSc Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University (2015-2018)
Funding | European Research Council
Zimeng Wu
I'm interested in how cell signalling modulates cell fate decisions, particularly in stem cells, and how these decisions shape tissue dynamics and organisation.
Email | zimeng.wu.18@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | MSci Natural Sciences (Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology), UCL (2018-2022)
Funding | Wellcome
2021 Students
Joanna Aloor
I am interested in exploring how neural circuits give rise to function, with a particular interest in neuromodulatory systems and learning.
Duan Lab
Email | joanna.aloor.16@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | Research Assistant, Wilson lab, UCL (2020-2021) | MSci Cell Biology, UCL (2016 - 2020)
Funding | Wellcome
Laurence Freeman
I’m driven to understand the neural computations and circuitry that underpin memory, learning and decision making with the ultimate goal of contributing to the technological development of brain computer interfaces (BCIs).
Branco Lab
Email | laurence.freeman.19@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID
Bio | Msc Neuroscience, Carandini and Harris lab supervised by Kevin Miller, UCL (2019-2021) | Software product manager at start-up (2017-2021) | Consultant, Accenture (2015-2017) | Msc Business Management, The University of Edinburgh (2015) | Consultant, Deloitte summer vacation scheme (2015) | Bsc Marine Biology and Animal Behaviour, Anglia Ruskin (2011-2014) | Officer in training, British Military (2011-2014)
Funding | Wellcome
Friedrich Kling
My research interests include circuit neuroscience with a special interest in intracortical processing and how the neuronal input-output relationship is shaped on the cellular level by dendritic active events and input clustering. My goal is to understand how the concerted firing of cellular ensembles gives rise to perception and cognition.
Silver Lab
Email | friedrich.kling.19@ucl.ac.uk
Bio Research intern, Häusser Lab, UCL (2020 – 2021) | Charite Universiy Medicine Berlin, research Intern in Larkum Lab (2021) | MSc Neuroscience at UCL (2019 – 2020) | Translational Neurodegeneration Section, “Albrecht-Kossel” Rostock, research intern in treatment of rare genetic diseases (2016) | BSc Biology at Free University Berlin (2015 – 2019)
Awards Dean’s list nomination MSc Neuroscience 2020 | BSc thesis awarded with Katharina Heinroth Prize
Funding | Wellcome
Matthias Loidolt
I want to understand how molecules and cells self-organize into living beings that have shape, agency and experiences. I build microscopes to observe and manipulate living matter at the tissue scale, and aspire to find mathematical models of the collective dynamics that bring it alive.
Bianco Lab
Email | matthias.loidolt.21@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID | Google Scholar | Twitter
Bio | MPI-DS Goettingen, Research Assistant in Neural Systems Theory (2020-2021) | MPI-CBG Dresden, Research Assistant in Biophotonics and Self-Organization (2019) | DPAG Oxford, Research Intern in All-Optical Interrogation of Neural Circuits (2018) | |TU Dresden, BSc in Physics (2015-2020) | NTNU Trondheim, Erasmus Semester in Biophysics (2018)
Awards International Scholar Award for Doctoral Training Centres (University College London, 2021-2025) | SMART START Studentship in Computational Neuroscience (Bernstein Network and Volkswagen Foundation, 2019-2021) | Erasmus+ Scholarship (European Union, 2018)
Funding | Wellcome
Irene Salgarella
I am interested in dissecting neural circuits of behaviour and understanding how they are influenced by internal states.
Kohl Lab
Email | irene.salgarella.21@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID | Twitter | Europe PMC
Bio | Research Assistant at University of Cambridge (2020 - 2021) | Research Technician at King's College London (2019 - 2020) | Erasmus+ Trainee Student at King's College London (2018 - 2019) | International Master's Degree in Neuroscience at Universita' degli Studi di Trieste - 110 cum laude / 110 (2016 -2019) | Research intern at Universita' degli Studi di Padova (2015) | BSc in Molecular Biology at Universita' degli Studi di Padova (2012 - 2015)
Awards | Wohl Cellular Imaging Centre competition (2019) | Erasmus+ Traineeship Fellowship (2018 - 2019)
Funding | Wellcome
2020 Students
Matilda Cloves
I am interested in linking different anatomical scales of neural computation. I want to understand how individual neurons integrate information and how this relates to their participation in local circuitry and the networks of circuits underlying behaviour.
Margrie Lab
Email | tilly.cloves.15@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID
Bio | Research Assistant, University College London, Neural Computation Lab, (2019-2020) | University College London, MSci Hons in Neuroscience (2015-2019)
Funding | Wellcome
Courtney Lancaster
I am interested in developmental biology in order to understand how different tissues form and shape themselves concomitant with cell fate decisions.
Pichaud Lab
Email | courtney.lancaster.20@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID | Europe PMC | Twitter | Blog
Bio | Durham University, MBiol in Biological Sciences (2016-2020)
Awards | Durham MBiol research project prize (2020) | Development module prize (2018) | BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship awardee (2018)
Funding | Wellcome
Shu En Lim
I am interested in illuminating nanoscale dynamics driving cellular organisation using super resolution microscopy and AI.
Mao Lab
Email | shu.lim.15@ucl.ac.uk
Bio | University College London, MSci in Natural Sciences (Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology) (2015-2019)
Awards | Best Biological Physics MSci Presentation (2019)
Funding | Wellcome
Quentin Pajot-Moric
I am interested in the neural circuits involved in memory, motivation and decision making.
Akrami Lab
Email | quentin.pajot-moric.16@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID
Bio | University College London, MSci Hons in Neuroscience (2016-2020)
Funding | Wellcome
Ella Svahn
I am interested in the neurobiology and neural circuit mechanisms underlying cognition.
MacAskill Lab
Email | ella.svahn.20@ucl.ac.uk
Web | ORCID | Europe PMC
Bio | The University of Edinburgh, BSc Hons in Neuroscience (2015-2019)
Awards | Best Neuroscience Dissertation Award (2019) | EuroLife scholarship (2018) | The Haggarty-Weir scholarship awarded for ‘Great contribution to biomedical research’ (2016)
Funding | EPSRC