Vervaeke Lab

Principal Investigator

Koen Vervaeke, Associate Professor of Medicine

2011-2014 Janelia Farm Junior Fellow (mentors Karel Svoboda and Jeff Magee)

2007-2011 Postdoc, University College London (Angus Silver lab)

2002-2007 PhD in Physiology, Oslo University (Johan Storm Lab)

Lab Manager

Kristin Larsen Sand

Postdoctoral students

Dr. Nora Lenkey

Studied medicine at the Semmelweis University in Budapest and joined us after her postdoc position with Zoltan Nusser (KOKI, Budapest).

Dr. Mate Neubrandt

Studied Biology at the E. Lorand University in Budapest and got his PhD in the lab of Janos Szabadics at the Institute of Experimental Medicine in Budapest.

Dr. Aree Witoelaar

Studied Physics in Groningen and got his PhD in machine learning from Groningen University. Did a postdoc in the lab of Yasser Roudi (Kavli Institute, NTNU), and with Ole Andreasen (Oslo University Hospital).

Dr. Matthijs Dorst

Studied Machine Learning in Groningen and KTH Stockholm. Obtained a PhD in the lab of Gilad Silberberg at the Karolinska Institute and worked as an editor at the Nature Communications office in Berlin.

PhD fellows

Nora Cecilie Ebbesen

Studied Neuroscience at the Norwegian Technical Univerisity (NTNU).

Sondre Jordbræk

Studied Neuroscience at the Norwegian Technical Univerisity (NTNU).

Alumni

Rune Lanton

PhD student. Now, Chief Technology Officer, Zeekit AS.

Dr. Malte Bieler

Postdoc (Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow). Now, Data and Research Scientist at Bane Nor.

Dr. Birgit Kriener

Postdoc. Now, Researcher at the Computational Oncology group, NCMM Oslo.

Dr. Michele Gianatti

PhD student 2018-2022 (Defended thesis in 2022). Now, Astra Zeneca, Milan (Rare Neurological disorders).

Eivind Hennestad

PhD student. Now, Researcher at the Lab for Computational Neuroanatomy (NESYS, UiO).

Andreas Lande

PhD student. Now, Section Head at the Norwegian Safety Authority (Mattilsynet).

Christoffer Berge

PhD student. Now, Data Engineer at NAV.

Dr. Anna Chambers

Postdoc (Marie SklodowskaCurie Fellow). Now, Harvard Medical School Investigator at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Institute.

Ann-Christin Garvert

PhD student. Now, Postdoc at the Oslo University Hospital.