We are brain scientists. Neuroscience is one of the most prominent scientific fields, nested between life science, medical science and the humanities with immense implications for our understanding of human behaviour and information technology, and with a strong societal impact, both in medicine (e.g. understanding neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s) as well as in technology (e.g. developing artificial intelligence).
In our research group, we leverage modern neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate brain systems that support transformation of experience into enduring memories. We seek to understand how mnemonic networks help us to map and navigate our geographical and memory landscapes and to assemble our rich inventory of knowledge.
The next generation
We care greatly that the next generation of neuroscientists receives the best possible training opportunities, and we enthusiastically contribute to the excellent educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students. We aim to provide our top students with all the skills necessary to become leaders in the future, both in science and beyond academia.
Public engagement
We also love to talk about science with the general public and the media. We get regularly involved in activities that promote public engagement with science, such as the Brain Awareness Week, public lectures, school visits and publications in popular science magazines. We enjoy giving interviews on TV, radio and in newspapers.
Meet our team

Irina Barnaveli
Cognitive spaces & action encoding

Rena Bayramova
Learning and generalization

Marcia Bécu
Aging navigational system

Jacob Bellmund
Imagined space

Johanna Bergmann
Prediction spaces and insight

Tora Bonnevie
Translating knowledge

Felix Deilmann
Mnemonic decision making

Christian Doeller
Engineering knowledge

Markus Frey
Deep Learning for spatial navigation

Lea-Sophie Funk
Gaining new insights

Mona Garvert
Representing knowledge for guiding choice

Anna-Maria Grob
Episodic memory integration

Gøril Rolfseng Grøntvedt
Biomarkers for Alzheimer's

Lydia Handke
Exploring fields of science

Anja Hanisch
Doellerlab helpdesk

Andrea Hiott
Grids of thought

Sein Jeung
Mobile EEG for spatial navigation

Misun Kim
Multidimensional space

Leonard König
Exploring scientific work

Dörte Kuhrt
Concept space

Anna Makova
Learning in the developing brain

Alexander Nitsch
Maps for memory and decision making

Loes Ottink
Cognitive map for navigation

Imke Peters
Neural representation of space

Leonardo Pettini
Representation learning in multidimensional feature spaces

Ignacio Polti
Time estimation and uncertainty

Volker Reisner
Deforming space

Theo Schäfer
Structures of thought

Hermann Sonntag
Modeling MEG

Susanne Starke
Doellerlab helpdesk

Ingrid Framås Syversen
MRI methods

Rebekka Tenderra
Grid code for concept space

Stephanie Theves
Cognitive space & Intelligence

Kerstin Träger
Organize and keep the lab together

Simone Viganò
Knowledge across reference frames

Johannah Völler
Ask better questions
Collaborators

Tobias Navarro Schroeder | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Navigating the brain

René Terporten | Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Cognitive maps & language processing
Alumni
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Annika Sauter
Intern | Jan 2021 - Jul 2021Lennard van den Berg
Master student | Nov 2020 - Jun 2021Kim-Laura Speck
Student assistant | Sep 2019 - Sep 2021Alice Bassewitz
Master student | Apr 2020 - Mar 2021Clara Bersch
PhD Candidate (MPSoC Rotation) | Sep - Dec 2020Hashim Satti
PhD Candidate (MPSoC Rotation) | Sep - Dec 2020Moritz Dörfler
PhD Candidate (MPSoC Rotation) | Jun - Dec 2020Petra Borovska
Student assistant | Jan - Dec 2020Natalie Ruth St. John
Master student | until Dec 2020Julianne Lundanes
Research assistant | Apr 2020 - Dec 2020Tobias Navarro Schröder
Postdoc | Dec 2016 - Dec 2020Kevin Aspaas Eriksen
Staff engineer | Feb 2020 - Nov 2020Matthias Nau
Postdoc | until Oct 2020Stian Jensen Framvik
Staff engineer | Jul 2019 - Oct 2020Renil Mathew
Staff engineer | Feb - Oct 2020Jonas Thudt
Student Assistant | Jan - Sep 2020Yasmin Aljedawi
Intern Jun 2020 - Aug 2020Boon Linn Choo
Master studentArtem Karew
PhD candidate Jun 2019 - Aug 2020Arthur Levasseur
Intern Apr - July 2020Nikolas Filler
Student assistant June 2019 - July 2020Naomi de Haas
PhD candidateRebekka Tenderra
PhD Candidate (MPSoC Rotation) Sep - Dec 2019Joshua Julian
PostdocAnnelene Gulden Dahl
PhD CandidateLydia Brunvoll Sandøy
Master StudentLilith Sommer
PhD Candidate-
Blanca Marin Bosch
Guest researcher Feb 2019 - Aug 2019Sabine Andrea Huber
Project studentChristiana Bjørkli
Research Assistant 2018 - 2019David Neville
Postdoc 2014-2018Tobias Staudigl
Postdoc 2015-2018Branka Milivojevic
Postdoc 2012-2018Silvy Collin
PhD student 2013-2017Raphael Kaplan
Collaborator | Assisted professor until Aug 2020Thomas Schreiner
Postdoc 2015-2017Isabella Wagner
Postdoc 2016Alexander Backus
PhD candidate 2011-2016Sander Bosch
PhD candidate 2011-2015, postdoc 2015Lorena Deuker
Postdoc 2013-2015Meryl Varadinov
Research Assistant 2015Peter Smulders
Research Assistant 2013-2014Alejandro Vicente Grabovetsky
Postdoc 2011-2014Nils Muller
Research Assistant 2012-2013Lonja Schurmann
PhD Candidate