Previous academic positions

• Visiting faculty, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA (PI: Tor Wager)
• Post doc, Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, Berlin/London; Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany (PI: Douglas D Garrett)
• Post doc, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden (PI: Håkan Fischer)
• Study Director, Psychiatry Research School, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (2017-2020)

Nikolay completed a BSc in Economics at Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, and a MSc in Engineering at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan, before joining the lab as a PhD student. Methodologically, Nikolay will focus on brain signal variability and extracting dynamic brain states from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data to investigate the brain of patients with social anxiety disorder and/or major depressive disorder. Nikolay will also closely work on experimental designs involving naturalistic fMRI tasks.

Tuğçe completed a BSc in psychology in Turkey, and MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology at Padova University, Italy, before joining the lab as a PhD student. Tuğçe will use a variety of scientific methods and analytic techniques to investigate the brain of patients with social anxiety disorder, including functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetoencephalography (MEG). For instance, Tuğçe will investigate brain signal variability and signal complexity, as well as gray matter volume in patients with social anxiety disorder.

Karen completed a BSc and MSs degree in psychology (Brain & Cognition) at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and also completed supplementary education in clinical psychology at Umeå University (Sweden), before joining the lab as a clinical psychologist under training (PTP). Karen will focus on how patients' expectations affect cognitive-behavioural therapy outcomes for social anxiety disorder by using self-rated questionnaires and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Karen will be involved in a fMRI study using a balanced placebo design in order to manipulate patients' expectations.

Amir studied medical imaging at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has been working with neuroimaging methods as a research engineer since 2010. Amir has been involved in research on Alzheimer’s disease, gender identity, emotion, stress and anxiety disorders. Amir has extensive experience with data collection (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging, MRI scanning), and expertise in data pre- and post-processing, higher level statistical analyses on functional MRI data, e.g., psycho-physiological interactions (PPI), partial least squares (PLS), support vector machines (SVM), and independent component analysis (ICA). Moreover, Amir also has extensive expertise in structural MRI data analysis, e.g., FreeSurfer, AFNI, BrainVoyager, and voxel based morphometry (VBM), and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS).

Sylvia studied Art and Psychology in the UK before completing an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience in the Netherlands. Sylvia will work as a research assistant on multiple projects, including collecting MRI data for a large twin study on stress responses (PI Professor Fredrik Åhs). Sylvia will also analyse fMRI and sleepiness data from individuals experiencing sleep deprivation.

Elise is a student at Psykologprogrammet (Master of Psychology), Stockholm University and a research assistant in the lab. Specifically, Elise is supporting the TreVar research project by coordinating information and participants recruited from a psychiatric clinic within Region Stockholm. Elise interview and schedule participants, assist other staff at the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, as well as setting up a computerized experiment for our participants.

Marion is a student at Psykologprogrammet (Master of Psychology), Stockholm University and a research assistant in the lab. Specifically, Marion is supporting the TreVar research project by coordinating information and participants recruited from a psychiatric clinic within Region Stockholm. Marion interview and schedule participants, assist other staff at the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, as well as setting up a computerized experiment for our participants.

• National: Adam Yngve, Anna Stavenberg, Arian Jafari, Björn von Gegerfelt, Bo Jenner, Jennie Åberg Syed, Johannes Mogren, Markus Söderqvist, Mathilda Björkman, Nils Isacsson, Sara Rajjala, Simon Höglund, Örn Kolbeinsson
• International: Laura Terlau (Osnabrück University, Germany), Virginia Berlose (University of Padoa, Italy), Alice Clerouin (Ecole Normale Supérieure, France), Katarzyna Karpa (Universität Heidelberg, Germany), Sara Halmans (University of Lübeck, Germany)