Current lab members
Dr. Nicole (Niki) Gervais
Assistant Professor & Rosalind Franklin Fellow in behavioural and cognitive neuroscience
Luisa Epifani
PhD student
September 2023 – now
Synergies between sex and sleep disturbance in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disease
Danique Zantinge
PhD student
June 2024 – now
Project title
MSc students 2026
Elena Ascension-Horcas
MSc in BMS Neuroscience; daily supervisor: Luisa Epifani
January 2026 – now
project
Amber Kal
MSc in BCN-B; daily supervisor:
February 2026 – now
project
Saga Lehtimaki
MSc in BCN-B; daily supervisor:
February 2026 – now
project
Li-Yan Sijbolts
MSc in BCN-B; daily supervisor:
February 2026 – now
project
Julia Burgos Flores
MSc in BCN-B; daily supervisor:
February 2026 – now
project
Thijs Peters
MSc in BCN-C; daily supervisor: Danique Zantinge
February 2026 – now
project
Anuja Rai
MSc in BMS Neuroscience; daily supervisor:
January 2026 – now
project
Rianne van Dekken
MSc in BMS Neuroscience; daily supervisor:
January 2026 – now
project
Jacek Menzynski-Biskup
MSc in BCN-C; daily supervisor: Danique Zantinge
February 2026 – now
project
Past Lab Members
Susanne Hazenberg
MSc in BMS Neuroscience; daily supervisor: Luisa Epifani
November 2023 – July 2024
The Role of Sex and Ovarian Hormones in Sleep Loss Induced Hippocampal Deficits
Malgorzata (Margot) Tybuszewska
Research Assistant
January 2024 – February 2026
Tamar Puttman
MSc in BCN-B; daily supervisor: Luisa Epifani
February 2025 – July 2025
Testing of the Future: Determining the Utility of Touchscreen Testing for Discerning Sex Effects in Cognition
Maria Zernova
MSc in BMS Neuroscience; daily supervisor: Danique Zantinge
February 2025 – July 2025
Menopause-associated neuroinflammation in female ovariectomized mice: implications for Alzheimer’s disease.
Luna Hall
(MSc in BCN-B; daily supervisor: Danique Zantinge
February 2025 – July 2025
Sex Differences in Touchscreen-Based Location Discrimination in an AD Mouse Model
Sophie Hoogerhuis
MSc in BMS Neuroscience; daily supervisor: Luisa Epifani
February 2025 – July 2025
The Role of Sex Differences and Ovarian Hormones on Sleep Loss-Induced Changes in Hippocampal Spine Density
Lotte Burrie
MSc in Integrative Biology; daily supervisor: Luisa Epifani
February 2025 – July 2025
Changes in Brain-Derived Oestradiol After Menopause: A Study in Ovariectomised Mice
Zilla Bosman
MSc in BMS Neuroscience; daily supervisor: Niki Gervais
February 2025 – July 2025
Exploring the Role of Ovarian Hormones on Time-Of-Day Effects on Cognition in Young Women with a Late Chronotype