Team Members
Sarah Ruediger, PhD
Group leader
Sarah received her PhD from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland. For her po
stdoctoral work, Sarah joined the lab of Dr Massimo Scanziani at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California San Diego and University of California San Francisco, USA.
Sally Zhang
Master student
Sally is a 4th-year Msci Neuroscience student at UCL. She is interested in brain mechanisms underlying the variability of
behaviour. Her Master's project focuses on the link between the variability of brain activity and fluctuations of behavioural performance in a visually guided behaviour.
Isobel Parkes
Master student
Isobel is a 4th-year Msci Neuroscience student at UCL. She is interested in how the brain transforms sensory inputs into actions and how this process is influenced by internal state. Her Master's project focuses on neuronal underpinnings of behavioural variability in a visually guided task.
Nils Nyberg
Postdoctoral researcher
Nils holds a BSc in psychology from Lund University and an MSc in neuroscience from the University of Oxford. He recently completed his PhD project at UCL, working with Prof Hugo Spiers and Dr Caswell Barry. Nils applies his expertise in electrophysiological, behavioural and computational techniques to delve into the neuronal underpinnings of sensory processing & behaviour.
Zicong Qiu aka Zander
Research assistant
Freshly graduated with a Master of Brain Sciences from UCL, Zicong studied the influence of visual stimulus characteristics on audiovisual integration within the auditory cortex of ferrets. His ambitions now revolve around mastering the art of mouse behaviour training as he aspires to become a skilled 'mouse whisperer'.
Arjan Dhesi
Research assistant
Arjan holds an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from The University of Edinburgh and a BEng in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Sheffield. He's enthusiastic to explore the relationship between brain activity and behaviour using publicly available datasets and contributes to the development of novel analytical tools and experimental setups.
