Frederik Weber is the creator and lead developer of the SpiSOP sleep analysis toolbox. Originally trained in bioinformatics, he performed his PhD research on the association between sleep and memory processes at the University of Tübingen. In the Sleep & Memory Lab, Freddy will integrate SpiSOP into the FieldTrip environment – the product obviously to be dubbed as SleepTrip – and apply it on big sleep data.
	Nils Müller originally studied mathematics, philosophy and education in Göttingen to become a school teacher. His interest in the mechanisms underlying learning success brought him to Nijmegen for a second master’s in cognitive neuroscience. During his PhD, he investigated how prior knowledge enhances the acquisition of new but related information. In the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he is involved in neuroimaging studies of sleep and memory.
	Juan Bernabe Nakagawa did a bachelor in mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota before starting a master in psychology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he investigates brain-heart interplay and frontal sleep EEG asymmetry in patients with depression. Beyond research, the two things he could not live without are English football and writing.
	Demetrius Ribeiro de Paula collects degrees of higher education, holding a master in physics from the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil; a master in project management from the University of Fortaleza, Brazil; and a master in medical physics from Western University, Canada. In addition to his PhD project on fMRI and EEG methods, he is CEO of Brainet, a company developing diagnostic neuroimaging tools. Besides being a free software enthusiast for many years, he likes yoga, running, swimming and biking.
	Marieke McKenna did a bachelor in philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and is currently finalising her master in history and philosophy of science at Utrecht University. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, she works as a research assistant on an interdisciplinary project on the history of lucid dreaming research. Besides science and philosophy, Marieke has a passion for art, music and literature.
	Tatiana Almazova did a bachelor in philosophy at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow before starting her master in cognitive science at the University of Osnabrück, specializing in neuroscience and artificial intelligence. After contributing her skills in polysomnographic analyses to Osnabrück Sleep Center and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, she joined the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab to work on big sleep data studies.
	Çağatay Demirel did a bachelor in computer science and engineering at Marmara University, Istanbul, and at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and a master in computer science and engineering at Istanbul Technical University. After some time as a machine learning engineer in the industry, he joined the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab for his PhD on BCI and machine learning applications on sleep and dreaming.
	Teresa Campillo Ferrer did a bachelor in biological sciences and a master in neuroscience at Complutense University of Madrid, with a research project at the Cajal Institute on the role of estradiol-prolactin interaction in hippocampal synaptic plasticity. In her PhD at Ruhr University Bochum in collaboration with the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab she investigates the neurobiology of non-waking states of consciousness.
	Jarrod Gott did a master in neuroscience at Swinburne University, Melbourne, investigating the neural and behavioral correlates of mental imagery. Jarrod is focused on modeling the relationship between phenomenal perception, electrophysiological activity and agent control; particularly regarding aberrant metacognitive states. Outside scientific and philosophical research, he enjoys building electronics, hiking, mountain biking and free-diving.
	Marc Schwartz studied nanotechnology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and after a research stay at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin obtained a master in brain and cognition at Pompeu Fabra University. For his PhD at Pompeu Fabra University and at his research visit at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he investigates computational principles behind temporal processing of auditory stimuli and how these are modulated over decreasing arousal states including sleep.
	Yon Keuren did a bachelor of biomedical sciences at Maastricht University before starting his master in biomedical sciences at Radboud University. In his master internship at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he investigated wearable sleep EEG technology, and now continues to do so as a research assistant.
	Laura Stalenhoef did a bachelor in psychology at Tilburg University with an Erasmus semester at Münster University. Next to her bachelor, she participated in the excellence program of the Tilburg School of Behavioral Science, before starting her master in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University. For her master project and as research assistant in the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigated big sleep EEG datasets.
	Leonie Kooloos did a bachelor in biology and an educative module at Utrecht University before starting her master in medical biology at Radboud University, specializing in neurobiology and science in society. In parallel, she worked as a biology teacher. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigated the role of dreaming in memory consolidation.
	Maarten van Hal has been working as a neurodiagnostic technician in clinical neurophysiology for many years. Besides contributing his somnological expertise to the Sleep and Memory Lab, he is working as a somnologist technician for SEIN Zwolle and runs a company http://www.ikwilslapen.nu providing PSG analysis, PSG education and special training courses in the field of somnology. In 2020 he started to study Depth Psychology at the Jungiaans Institute in Nijmegen.
	Uğur Can Akkaya did a bachelor in mechanical engineering at Istanbul Beykent University, with a research stays at Białystok Technical University, Poland, and a master in Sonic Arts at Istanbul Technical University. In his PhD at Technical University Dresden and during his guest stay at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he investigated the association between sleep and music.
	Carmen Heuvelmans did a bachelor in product design at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) in Milan, with a research stay at the Pratt Institute in New York City. She then switched to a pre-master in cognitive science and artificial intelligence at Tilburg University, before starting her master in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University. In the Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigated sleep EEG wearables and explored designs for additional applications.
	Eni Simó did a bachelor in business administration at Corvinus University, Budapest, with a research stay at Sapienza University, Rome, and a master in international economics at Corvinus University. After research assistantships on the psychology of pain in Rome and on sleep research topics in Cardiff, she joined the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab to investigate wearable sleep EEG.
	Mathijs van Bakel did a bachelor in health sciences at Maastricht University with a minor in sport, health and movement at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a master in human movement sciences at Maastricht University, before starting his second master in biomedical sciences at Radboud University. In the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab he investigated the association between sleep, nutrition and exercise.
	Zsófia Zavecz did a bachelor and a master in psychology at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. In her PhD at Eötvös Loránd University and at the Donders Institute, she worked on different projects investigating the role of sleep for memory consolidation. For her postdoc, she moved on to Matt Walker’s lab at Berkeley University to investigate the role of sleep in Alzheimer’s disease.
	Olivia Brunet studied bioinformatics at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA) and at the University of Leuven, before starting her master in cognitive science at Lumière University Lyon 2. In her master project at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigated strategies to communicate with lucid dreamers, using brain computer interfaces and other techniques.
	Hong-Viet Ngo was trained in theoretical physics and computer science in Kiel before his PhD in cognitive neuroscience at the Universities of Lübeck and Tübingen. After a research stay at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, he performed postdoctoral research at the University of Birmingham. In the Sleep & Memory Lab, he investigated acoustic closed-loop stimulation of sleep slow waves, before moving on to the University of Lübeck.
	Mariska van Pouderoijen did a bachelor in applied biology at HAS University of Applied Sciences ‘s-Hertogenbosch before her master in medical biology at Radboud University. In an industry research project at Philips, co-supervised by the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she tested sleep modulating wearables. She then moved on to a PhD project on personalized eHealth interventions at the Donders Institute and Maastricht University.
	Amber van der Stam did a bachelor in biology before starting her master in medical biology with a specialisation in neurobiology at Radboud University. Her interest in sleep research led her to do her internship at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab where she validated sleep EEG wearables with full polysomnography. She then moved on to further sleep research projects at the Karolinska Institute and at Radboudumc.
	Shervin Bukhari did a bachelor in consciousness studies at the University of Skövde, Sweden, before starting a master in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University. His interest in interdisciplinary research on consciousness, altered states and philosophy of mind led him to a master project on lucid dreaming in the Sleep & Memory Lab. He then moved on to further sleep projects at Uppsala University.
	Soha Farboud did a bachelor in biology before starting a master in neurobiology at Radboud University. She worked as an intern at the Hospital of San Raffaele in Milan and the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics. In the Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigated the role of sleep in emotion and memory. She then moved on to a PhD project on transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation at the Donders Institute.
	Pedro Reis Oliveira did a bachelor in psychological science at the Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida (ISPA) in Lisbon and the University of Pécs, before starting a joint master program in cognitive and behavioral neurosciences at the ISPA and at the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he investigates strategies to induce lucid dreaming.
	Rute Sequeira started her academic path with a bachelor’s in biology at University of Aveiro, before pursuing a research master’s in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, specialisation in cognitive neuroscience, at Maastricht University. She joined Donders Sleep & Memory Lab as part of her master’s internship, investigating dynamic interaction between hormones and sleep.
	Jasmin Keller did a biomedicine master at Uppsala University, Sweden. After working on a metabolic sleep study in the neuroscience department, she joined the Sleep & Memory Lab for a dense longitudinal multimodal phenotypingproject, including hundreds of sleep recordings and dozens of MRI scans. She then moved on to Leiden University for her PhD project on EEG biomarkers of autism.
	Anastasia Mangiaruga did a bachelor in psychological sciences and a master in cognitive neuroscience at Sapienza University of Rome. In her PhD at Sapienza University, she studied the link between sleep, dreams and cognitive functioning, particularly focusing on parasomnias and bizarre sleep phenomena. During her postdoc at the Donders Sleep & Memory lab, she investigated lucid dreaming induction strategies, before moving on to a research position at the University of Bologna.
	Marike Hoegen did a bachelor in biology at Wageningen University. Alongside her cognitive neuroscience master in Nijmegen, she did a second master degree in health and disease at Wageningen University. In the Sleep & Memory Lab she investigated the role of sleep in major depression, before starting her PhD on neuroimaging of neuromuscular disorders at Leiden University.
	Elise McGlashan completed a PhD in Psychology in the Sleep and Circadian Medicine Laboratory at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research investigates the relationship between light, circadian rhythms and depression. In particular she is interested in identifying markers of risk for depression, and of antidepressant treatment responses – topics she also worked on during her research stay in the Donders Sleep and Memory Lab.
	Sebastian Idesis has a degree in psychology from the University of Buenos Aires. After positions as assistant lecturer and research assistant, he joined the Sleep & Memory Lab for a project on dense longitudinal multimodal phenotyping of a single subject, including hundreds of sleep recordings and dozens of MRI scans. For his PhD project on structural connectomics, he moved on to Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
	Ashley Shih did a bachelor of life science at National Chung-Hsing University and a master of neuroscience at National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan. In her master of medical biology at Radboud University, she is focusing on science management and innovation. After her master project on minimal sleep EEG headbands, she moved on to work in a start-up in the biomedical field.
	Charlotte Fraza did a bachelor in theoretical physics in Utrecht, a minor in Korean language and culture in Seoul, and a master in computer science and ‘color in science and industry’ at universities in France, Spain, Finland, Japan. For her cognitive neuroscience master, in the Sleep & Memory Lab she investigated the neural mechanisms of mnemonic strategies. She then moved on to a PhD bridging machine learning and psychiatry at the Donders Institute.
	Oliver Stange investigated neurodegenerative diseases during his bachelor’s in Furtwangen and Gothenburg. After a stint at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tübingen, he started with his master in molecular life sciences at Radboud University. In the Sleep & Memory Lab, he investigated the association between sleep and blood plasma dynamics, before moving on to his PhD at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
	Famke Roest did a bachelor’s degree in medical biology with a research project on 3D-Polarized Light Imaging on human brain tissue at Radboud University. During her master’s studies in medical biology she focused on cognitive neuropsychology topics and the neural basis of psychiatric disorders. In the Sleep & Memory Lab, she explored how visual/acoustic cueing procedures can modulate dream experiences, before moving on with her master studies.
	Diede Booltink studied applied science at Fontys University Eindhoven and is now working on her master’s degree in medical biology with the specialization of neuroscience. In the Sleep & Memory Lab she investigated lucid dreaming induction strategies, before moving on to a teaching position at Radboud University Medical Center.
	Rathiga Varatheeswaran has been involved in several projects in the Sleep & Memory Lab as a master intern and research assistant working with fMRI, TMS, polysomnography and novel sleep recording techniques with a focus on depression. She then moved on to her PhD project on emotional memory processing at the German Resilience Center Mainz, targeting deep brain structures with concurrent TMS-fMRI and -EEG.
	Julia Pottkämper did a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in clinical psychology before starting a research master in cognitive neuroscience. In the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab she investigated the role of the mPFC and sleep for emotional memory bias. She now works on a PhD project on depression and epilepsy at the University of Twente.
	Marios Diamantopoulos finished his neuroscience master at the University of Edinburgh after his studies of medicine at the University of Athens. Intrigued by neural networks and the role of sleep/dreaming in cognition, he aims to integrate neuroscientific research into psychiatry. In the Sleep & Memory lab, he investigated emotional memory, before moving on to Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
	Stefanos Loizou studied human biology at the University of Nicosia/Cyprus and the University of South Wales before graduating from his master’s in medical biology at Radboud University. In the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he worked on the role of sleep for emotional memory bias, and could occasionally be spotted by the coffee machine day dreaming about an animal model for this topic. For his PhD he moved on to the University of Utah.
	Elisa Lancini studied clinical psychology at the University of Padua. In her master project in the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she analyzed the association between sleep and amyloid-beta dynamics. She then moved on to the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Magdeburg for a PhD project on the role of dopamine and noradrenaline in age-related memory decline.
	Danielle Tump did a dual master’s degree in artificial intelligence and cognitive neuroscience. When not organizing parabolic flights with the European Space Agency or tinkering with brain-computer interfaces, she analyzed sleep EEG signatures of vestibular replay of radically new experiences, namely zero gravity. She now works at the Donders spinoff MindAffect, further developing BCI setups with a particular focus on application in ALS and Locked-In patients.
	Alessandro Orticoni was trained in clinical engineering and biomedical engineering at the University La Sapienza in Rome, followed by a research stay at the EPFL in Lausanne. In the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab he worked on his master’s project on the neural correlated of lucid dreaming training. Afterwards he moved on to a research position at San Raffaele University of Rome.
	Carmen van Hooijdonk studied cognitive neuropsychology at the Free University Amsterdam. During her master project in the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigated the association between mood and lucid dreaming. She then moved on to Leiden and Amsterdam for a PhD project on the neurochemistry of treatment-resistant schizophrenia using PET and MRI.
	Simon Kern did a bachelor in cognitive science at Osnabrück University investigating pharmacological induction of lucid dreaming, and a master in artificial intelligence at Radboud University. For his master project in the Sleep & Memory Lab, he developed an automatic sleep scoring algorithm using convolutional neural networks. He moved on to work on very similar topics in a start-up, developing analysis algorithms for sleep EEG headbands.
	Thomas Houweling did a bachelor’s degree in social and organizational psychology at the University of Padua, a master’s degree in clinical neuropsychology at Leiden University, and a further master’s in cognitive neuroscience back at the University of Padua. In the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab he investigated lucid dreaming and lunar cycle effects on sleep. He now works on his PhD in neurolinguistics at the University of Zurich.
	Isabella Wagner did a master’s degree in psychology and worked as research assistant on brain-computer interface projects in Graz and Albany before her PhD at the Donders Institute. As a postdoc in the Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigated how mnemonic experts encode, consolidate and retrieve long-lasting memories with ease. She now works on social neuroscience topics at the University of Vienna.

Alumni: Bachelor students and summer interns

	Eva Spetter is in the last year of her bachelor biomedical sciences at Radboud University. In the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab she is working on her bachelor’s thesis on sleep and memory consolidation. In her free time, she likes traveling, going out with friends, playing soccer and cooking.
	Noëlle Terpstra is doing her final year of her Bachelor biomedical sciences at Radboud University. In the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab she is working on her bachelor’s thesis on the association between nightmare frequency and the functional connectivity between the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex. In her spare time, she loves to play badminton, run outside, meet with friends and enjoy eating food.
	Amirhossein Daraie works on a dual bachelor in electrical and biomedical engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran. He has several years of experience in international robotics competitions. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he developed soft- and hardware solutions for home-based sleep recordings and sleep modulation.
	Mirthe Stevelink works on a bachelor in psychology with a focus on brain and cognition at Radboud University. In her summer internship at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she performed pilot experiments for a large study on the association between memory consolidation and dream experiences.
	Elena Nicolaou did a bachelor in psychology at Radboud University. She joined the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab as part of her honors project and investigated the influence of sleep on memory bias. After a research stay at the Charite University Hospital in Berlin, she is back in Nijmegen to work on her master in cognitive neuroscience.
	Linda Schlüter is a third-year psychology student at Radboud University. As part of her honors internship, she joined the Sleep & Memory Lab to work on several projects related to her special interest in lucid dreaming. After writing her bachelor’s thesis on dream phenomena in schizophrenia, she started a research master in cognitive neuroscience.
	Bethan Burnside had completed a bachelor psychology before joining the Sleep & Memory Lab as a summer intern, in order to gain lab experience prior to her master in neuroscience at King’s College London. During her internship at Donders, she assisted in both an fMRI-based study on memory bias, and EEG-based research exploring lucid dreaming. She then moved on to the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology.
	Ece Saadet Beyaz is a psychology bachelor student from İstanbul Sehir University. She aims to become a cognitive neuroscientist with a focus on sleep and memory processes which she will already study in her summer internship at the Donders Sleep & Memory and Memory Dynamics Labs. Her non-professional interests include hiking in nature and diving in the sea.
	Margherita Calderan studied cognitive psychology and psychobiology at the University of Padua, where she investigated the influence of sleep on emotional memories, before starting a master of cognitive neuroscience. During her summer internship at the Sleep & Memory Lab she investigated memory bias in major depressive disorder. Besides her passion for neuroscience, she loves nature and enjoys outdoor activities and playing football.
	Yana Schwarze did a bachelor in cognitive science at the University of Osnabrück. Before starting a master in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University, she did an internship with the Sleep & Memory Lab to satisfy her interest in sleep research and get some hands-on research experience.
	Almudena Robledo is a third year Bachelor student of health biology at the University of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid. After reading works of Eric Kandel and Oliver Sacks, she gained a particular interest in cognitive science and would like to specialize in Neurobiology. During her summer internship at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigated lucid dreaming. During her free time she enjoys drawing, writing and feeding algae to Aplysia fasciata on the Mediterranean cost.
	Thomas Lieber studied psychology with a focus on brain and cognition at Radboud University. For his bachelor honours thesis he focused on metacognition during dreaming, and further conducted a meta-analysis on the effects of targeted memory reactivation during sleep. He then moved on to Leiden University for a master in statistical science.
	Bart Stuart studied medicine and biomedical sciences at Radboud University. In the Sleep & Memory Lab, his work revolved around studying the induction of lucid dreaming. After obtaining his bachelor degree, he moved on to comedy school to follow his profound talent of being funny.
	Marieke Zwolsman is a medicine bachelor student interested in pretty much any branch of medicine as well as research. During her joint honors project at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab and at Monash University in Melbourne, she investigated the interaction between sleep, circadian rhythms, cognition, and mood.
	Suzanne van Ooij worked during her medicine bachelor’s honors program jointly at the Donders Sleep & Memory lab and at Monash University in Melbourne, conducting research on REM sleep, mood, and subjective memory complaints. Next to studying and doing research, she likes to spend her time cooking with friends, traveling or working out at the gym.
	Eline Boon is a biomedical sciences bachelor’s student. After a project on lucid dreaming within the Sleep & Memory Lab, for her bachelor’s thesis she is testing how sleep affects the consolidation of emotional memory schemas.
	Mahmoud Chaabou is a biotechnology bachelor’s student at the Technical University Berlin. He joined the Sleep & Memory Lab to do his bachelor’s thesis on lucid dreaming. Since he was 16 he dreamed lucidly and was curious about this phenomenon, so he decided to move to Nijmegen to be part of a research group in this field. Besides lucid dreaming he enjoys the time with friends, playing volleyball and meeting new people.
	Steven Wilson is a bachelor psychology student from Glasgow. He is in Nijmegen for a summer internship with the Sleep & Memory team because of his interest in the phenomenon of lucid dreaming, and he would like to gain experience in this field of research as he is hopeful of a career as a researcher after university. Outside of work Steven enjoys playing football, going to the gym and has a particular interest in conspiracy theories.
	Luke Gorman did a bachelor in neuroscience at University College Dublin. He joined the Sleep & Memory team for work experience before his final year due to his passion and interest in the phenomenon of lucid dreaming. He hopes one day to lead a research team in sleep and dreaming back in Ireland. Apart from dreaming Luke enjoys playing football, and is passionate about the environment, nature, animals and food.