Team

	Martin Dresler is principal investigator of the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab. Trained in biopsychology, philosophy and mathematics, he did his PhD and postdoc on cognitive neuroscience topics at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Oxford University and Stanford University before establishing his lab at the Donders Institute. Now he is mainly busy with coordinating nerds and herding cats.
	Sofia Tzioridou did a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a master’s degree in cognitive and clinical neuroscience at Goldsmith’s University of London. After working as a research assistant at the Donders Institute and at Oxford University, she did her PhD on lucid dreaming at Marburg University. As lab manager, she now keeps the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab running.
	Boris Nikolai Konrad leads the mnemonics program in the lab. Trained in physics and computer science at the Technical University Dortmund and University of Reading, he switched to psychology for his PhD on the neural mechanisms underlying superior memory skills at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry. Being a professional memory trainer and successful memory athlete himself since many years, he recently failed to keep his superhero identity as the Memory Man a secret any longer.
	Leonore Bovy spent already some years at the Donders Institute as a cognitive neuroscience student and research assistant before finally submitting to the third offer for a PhD position in the lab. After her PhD on sleep and memory bias in depression, she works on postdoctoral and industrial data science projects, and pursues further strictly scientific projects in black metal and Dungeons & Dragons research.
	Sarah Schoch completed her bachelor in psychology, biology, and education, and her master in psychology at the University of Zurich. During her PhD at the University of Zurich and at the Salk Institute in San Diego, she investigated how sleep and gut microbiota develop in infancy. In her postdoctoral research in the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigates the association between dreaming and memory consolidation. In her free time, she enjoys baking, exchanging postcards, and playing board and video games.
	Yevgenia Rosenblum did her bachelor and master in neurobiology at Tel Aviv University. During her PhD, also at Tel Aviv University, she studied cognitive dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases and its association with impaired sleep using EEG. In her postdoc at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigates the structure of sleep in neurodegenerative diseases.
	Samran Navid did a bachelor in computer engineering at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Pakistan, a master in biomedical engineering at National University of Sciences and Technology, a PhD in clinical science and biomedicine at Aalborg University, and a postdoc at New Zealand College of Chiropractic. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he investigates sleep EEG in major depression and BCI applications during sleep.
	Nico Adelhöfer did a bachelor and master in psychology at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, and a PhD and postdoc at Technical University Dresden, with research stays at Bern University and Aarhus University. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, he applies transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation on the sleeping brain to modulate dream content.
	Paul Zerr has been researching visual psychophysics, perception, working memory and eye movements at Utrecht University, Hamburg University and the Icelandic University for 8 years. As a postdoc at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab he is now investigating eye movements during dreaming, as well as lucid dreaming induction using vestibular stimulation and VR.
	Elena Krugliakova did a bachelor and master in biology at Saint Petersburg State University. During her PhD and postdoc at University Children’s Hospital Zurich, and a postdoc at University Hospital Zurich she studied the influence of closed-loop auditory stimulation on NREM sleep in healthy participants and patients with Parkinson’s disease. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigates the potential of joint EEG-NIRS recording to study the glymphatic system activity during sleep.
	Jingyuan Ren did her psychology bachelor at Hainan Normal University and her psychology master at Capital Normal University before starting her PhD on the neurobiology of creativity at Capital Normal University and – as visiting researcher – at State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University. At the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigates the neural mechanisms underlying superior memory skills.
	Mariana de Carvalho Pereira did a bachelor in telecommunication engineering at Federal University of São João del-Rei, Brazil, with research stays in Birmingham and Chicago, working with MRI, REM sleep disorders, and Parkinson’s disease. During her masters in computational engineering at University of Campinas, Brazil, she investigated Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis using MRI and deep learning. In her PhD in the Sleep & Memory Lab she investigates the neurobiology of human REM sleep. Besides science, she loves traveling, cooking, lifting weights, and painting watercolor.
	Mahdad Jafarzadeh Esfahani did a bachelor in electrical engineering at Islamic Azad University, Tehran, and a master in biomedical engineering, neural & motor systems at Twente University. For is PhD in collaboration with Arenar B.V., he is developing wearable sleep recording and enhancement technology, applying machine learning and different acoustic and visual cueing strategies.
	Leila Salvesen did a bachelor in psychology at the University of Montpellier and a master in neuropsychology at the Free University of Brussels. In her PhD at IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, in collaboration with the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigates the association between dreaming and memory consolidation.
	Niloy Sikder did a bachelor in electronics and communication engineering and a master in computer science and engineering at Khulna University, Bangladesh. In his PhD at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab and Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, he investigates big sleep data with machine learning strategies.
	Xinyuan Chen did a bachelor in applied psychology at Shandong Normal University, Jinan, and a master in cognitive neuroscience at Southwest University, Chongqing. In her PhD at the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigates the cognitive neuroscience of REM sleep using combined fMRI/EEG recordings.
	Somi Ataei did a bachelor in textile engineering at Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, and a master in psychology at Tehran University. For her PhD at Ruhr University Bochum in collaboration with the Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, she investigates the cognitive neuroscience of dreaming.
	Emma Peters did a bachelor in biology and a master in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University. Her favorite things are hallucinations and paranormal experiences seen from a neuroscientific viewpoint. In the Sleep & Memory Lab, she worked on lucid dreaming topics and large sleep data sets. In her PhD at Bern University and the Donders Institute, she investigates dream cognition from an embodied perspective.
	Tinke van Buijtene did a bachelor in artificial intelligence at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and a master in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University, specializing in neural computing and neurotechnology. She joined the Sleep & Memory Lab as a research assistant and helps out with investigation of wearable EEG technology. Outside of the lab, she enjoys nature walks, dancing, thrift shopping, and learning languages.
	Erieta Bountouva did a bachelor in neuroscience and psychology at the University of Glasgow before starting her research master on cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University. In her internship at the Sleep & Memory Lab she investigates the cognitive neuroscience of REM sleep with combined fMRI/EEG. Beyond science, she loves traveling, reading books and yoga.
	Stella Lentzou completed her bachelor in neuroscience at Middlebury College, USA, while researching spatial memory in rodents. She then investigated intracranial human working memory as a research assistant at NYU Abu Dhabi for 3 years, before starting a cognitive neuroscience master at Radboud University. At the Donder’s Sleep and Memory Lab, she’s focusing on memory consolidation during sleep. In her free time, she enjoys doing various crafts and diys.
	April Zhao got a combined bachelor degree in psychology, medicine, and applied linguistics from Peking University, Beijing, before starting a research master in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University. As an intern at the Sleep & Memory Lab she is interested in the neural representation of dreams and generally in ‘translating’ the language of our brain. It’s difficult to find her during her free time, because she can be wandering – mentally and physically – all over the universe.
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