Meet our staff

Staff

Name	Expertise
Afra Alishahi	cognitive modeling of language, computational linguistics
Fred Atilla	brain-computer interfaces, virtual reality
Vera de Berk	MindLabs
Fred Blain	machine translation, quality estimation, natural language processing, interpreting
Henry Brighton	cognitive science, decision science, machine learning, computational modeling of evolutionary and adaptive systems
Harm Brouwer	neurocomputation of language, neurocomputational modeling
Renato Calzone	ecosystem creation, new venture creation, strategic business development
Desiderio Cano Porras	human-technology interaction, extended reality
Giovanni Cassani	computational psycholinguistics, language acquisition, computational linguistics
Grzegorz Chrupala	computational linguistics
Silvy Collin	cognitive neuroscience, cognitive science
Boris Čule	data mining, machine learning, AI
Mirella De Sisto	postdoc SIGNON project / linguistics, phonology, digital humanities
Richard Dinga
Chris Emmery	privacy and security in natural language processing
Myrthe Faber	attention, memory, consciousness, mind wandering
Eriko Fukuda	human development and learning
Çiçek Güven Özçelebi	network analysis
Koen Haak	vision and imaging neuroscience
Drew Hendrickson	educational technologies
Peter Hendrix	linguistics, language processing, statistics, time-to-event analysis, machine learning
Willem-Jan van den Heuvel	AI software engineering, service oriented computing, distributed computing
Lisanne Huis in 't Veld	cognitive neuroscience
Merel Jung	social signal processing, deep learning
Japke Karreman
Sasha Kenjeeva	multimodal modeling of language meaning, psycholinguistics, computational (psycho)linguistics, cognitive modeling of language
Emmanuel Keuleers	distributional semantics, computational linguistics
Samaneh Khoshrou	Human-AI teaming, machine learning, responsible data science
Ifigeneia Mavridou	virtual reality, extended reality, emotions, innovation, simulation, affective computing, human-machine systems, psychophysiology, wearables, mental health, healthcare
Seyed Mostafa Kia	machine learning, neuroimaging, neuroinformatics, precision medicine, mental health
Murat Kirtay	robotics, cognitive systems, machine learning
Michal Klincewicz	time perception, artificial moral reasoning, moral improvement with artificial intelligence
Peter de Kock	data science in crime & safety
Roy Lindelauf	data science, safety & security
Max Louwerse	cognitive science, virtual reality
Rosie Mai	attention, memory, sensory simulation, psycholinguistics
Paris Mavromoustakos Blom	game AI, player modeling, serious games, games for health, E-sports, affective computing
Lara Mentink	vision and imaging neuroscience
Gonzalo Nápoles	machine learning, neural networks, fuzzy cognitive maps
Bruno Nicenboim	computational cognitive modeling, psycholinguistics, bayesian methods
Juan Sebastian Olier	unsupervised learning, autoencoders
Sharon Ong	image and signal processing
Eric Postma	AI, affective computing, deep learning
Faezeh Pour Hashemi	cognitive neuropsychology, audiovisual perception, EEG, MindLabs
Nevena Ranković	software engineering, orthogonal arrays, robust design of experiment, neural networks, machine learning
Martin Reynaert	computational linguistics, natural language processing
Paula Roncaglia	language and music perception
Mojtaba Rostami Kandroodi	machine learning, cognitive modeling, reinforcement learning & decision making, deep neural networks, image processing, robotics
Stijn Rotman	machine learning, data mining
Marie Šafář	computational cognitive science
Görkem Saygili	computer vision, medical image analysis, deep learning
‪Dimitar Shterionov	machine translation (statistical and neural), quality estimation, automatic post-editing, low-resource MT
Ilse Souhail-van de Pol	DAF Technology Lab
Giacomo Spigler	deep learning and deep reinforcement learning
Pieter Spronck	machine learning, gaming research
Richard Starmans	statistical learning, foundations of AI and data science
Dan Stowell	machine learning, deep learning, biodiversity, audio, animal vocal communication
June Sun	data stewardship, grant application support
Erdogan Taskesen	machine learning, statistics, open-source developer
Julija Vaitonyte
Eva Vanmassenhove	neural machine translation, natural language processing (NLP), bias in NLP, cross-linguistic research
Noortje Venhuizen	cognitive modeling, semantics, pragmatics, psycholinguistics
Travis Wiltshire	collaborative cognition, dynamical systems modeling
Marijn van Wingerden	cognitive neuroscience, animal social behavior
Federico Zamberlan	neuroscience, psychopharmacology, psychedelics

 

PhD researchers

Name	Project/funding	Advisors
Roberto Alessandri	external, MSCA Naturalis	Dan Stowell
Céline Angonin	MSCA Naturalis	Dan Stowell
Chihab Amghane	external, NLR	Eric Postma
Fred Atilla		Maryam Alimardani Marie Postma
Tycho de Back	CAMPIONE	Max Louwerse Eric Postma
Stefan Bloemheuvel	Di-Plast/JADS	Martin Atzmüller (Osnabrück University) Eric Postma
Sander Boelders	external, ETZ	Sharon Ong Karin Gehring (ETZ) Eric Postma
Anna van Limpt-Broers	VSNU	Max Louwerse Marie Postma
Phillip Brown	virtual reality	Wendy Powell Pieter Spronck
Hazal Çolak	external	Eric Postma Gonzalo Nápoles Çiçek Güven
Charlotte Croucher	external, virtual reality	Wendy Powell Pieter Spronck
Laduona Dai	VR in Education (Region Deal)	Merel Jung Marie Postma
Bosong Ding		Pieter Spronck Giacomo Spigler Murat Kirtay
Kyana van Eijndhoven	NWO; Team coordination in crisis situations	Travis Wiltshire Max Louwerse
Lieke Gelderloos	external, TiCC-CoE	Afra Alishahi Grzegorz Chrupala Eric Postma
Kamyab Ghorbanpour		Michal Klincewicz Paris Mavromoustakos Blom
Annabel Groenenberg	external, ETZ	Wendy Powell Max Louwerse
Gianluca Guglielmo	Serious Games for Logistics (Region Deal)	Lisanne Huis in 't Veld Michal Klincewicz
Nils Hendrix	Jeroen Bosch Hospital 's-Hertogenbosch/JADS	Sharon Ong Matthieu Rutten (JBZ) Bram van Ginneken (RUMC) Eric Postma
Jurgen van den Hoogen	Di-Plast/JADS	Martin Atzmüller (Osnabrück University) Eric Postma
Rastislav Hronský	JADS	Emmanuel Keuleers Max Louwerse Wijnand IJsselsteijn (TUE)
Vincent Kather	external, MSCA Naturalis	Dan Stowell
Shujing Ke	external, self-funded	Pieter Spronck
Sasha Kenjeeva		Afra Alishahi Noortje Venhuizen Giovanni Cassani
Nick Leenders	external, NLR	Marie Postma Roy Lindelauf Joost van Oijen (NLR)
Martijn van Leeuwen		Eric Postma Sharon Ong Görkem Saygili
Nikki Leeuwis	external	Maryam Alimardani Max Louwerse
Lisa Lepp	Sign-On	Dimitar Shterionov Mirella De Sisto
Thomas Lieber		Giovanni Cassani Emmanuel Keuleers Peter Hendrix
Guido Linders	VIBE	Max Louwerse
Zihao Liu	TISEM/Netspar	Peter de Goeij (TISEM) Andrew Hendrickson Eric Postma
Rosie Mai		Marie Postma Myrthe Faber Silvy Collin
Henry Maathuis	external, JADS	Eric Postma Martin van den Berg (HU) Daan Kolkman (HU)
Herwin Meerveld	external, NLDA	Roy Lindelauf Marie Postma Henry Brighton
Hezha Mohammedkhan	Zero Hunger Lab	Eric Postma Çiçek Güven
Hosein Mohebbi	InDeep	Afra Alishahi W.H. Zuidema (UvA)
Mohammad Ali Mousavi	VR & AR for Maintenance (Region Deal)	Wendy Powell Drew Hendrickson
Ugochukwu Orji	JADS	Eric Postma Dan Stowell Çiçek Güven
Sara Østergaard		Afra Alishahi Bruno Nicenboim
Büşra Özgöde Yigin	external	Pieter Spronck Görkem Saygili Sharon Ong
Javad Pourmostafa	external, An NMT Framework Based on Language Understanding	Dimitar Shterionov Pieter Spronck
Niloy Purkait	Predicting Behavior (Region Deal)	Henry Brighton Emmanuel Keuleers Eric Postma
Thomas Quadt	NLDA	Roy Lindelauf Marie Postma
Gabriel Raya	CERTIF-AI (NWO), JADS	Sebastian Olier Eric Postma
Lisa Rombout	external, TiCC-CoE	Marie Postma Max Louwerse
Ronja Rönnback	EMIF	Henry Brighton Chris Emmery Marie Postma
Stijn Rotman		Boris Čule Eric Postma
Judita Rudokaite	FAINT	Lisanne Huis in 't Veld Sharon Ong Mart Janssen (Sanquin Research) Eric Postma
Valentina Sanchez Melchor		Çiçek Güven Gonzalo Nápoles
Gaofei Shen	InDeep	Afra Alishahi Grzegorz Chrupala
Mahmoud Shrokrollahi Far	external	Harry Bunt Jaap van den Herik Herman Beck (DCU)
Elena Sofia Silva	TSB/TSHD	Eriko Fukuda Mercedes Almela Zamorano (TSB) Geert van Boxtel (TSB)
Yustinus Soelistio	external	Fons Maes (DCC) Eric Postma
Bettina Soós		Çiçek Güven Gonzalo Nápoles
Rowena Summerlin	external	Wendy Powell Pieter Spronck
Yixia Wang	CSC	Emmanuel Keuleers Max Louwerse
Evy van Weelden	VR for Air Force (Region Deal)	Maryam Alimardani Travis Wiltshire
Timo Westlake	ELSA Lab Defence	Roy Lindelauf Mare Postma Boris Čule
Mohammad Zamanzadeh Nasrabadi		Marijn van Wingerden Seyed Mostafa Kia