Kassandra is interested in understanding how affective touch during early life shapes the development of the reward system. To address this, she is dissecting the skin to brain circuits using neuronal tracing and slice electrophysiology combined with optogenetics. 

Viktor has received  an NAD (Neuroscience Academy Denmark) PhD fellowship in 2024. He is interested in computational approaches to understanding the neural underpinnings of cognition with a focus on the implementational level. He is also co-affiliated to Dr. Chris Mathys’s lab in School of Culture and Society - Interacting Minds Centre and the Petersen lab at Copenhagen University.

Hans is a medical student with a strong interest in the neurobiological mechanisms underlying cognitive functions. He is enthusiastic about gaining hands-on experience with animal experiments conducted in our group, including stereotaxic surgery, electrophysiological recordings, and computational modeling. Viktor serves as the co-supervisor of his research year project.