Lab Members

Learn more about our principal investigator, researchers, technicians and students.


Charlotte Boccara, Ph.D

Group leader in precision medicine with background in electrophysiology, behavioral recordings, neural decoding and sleep

Alessandro Arena, Ph.D

Researcher with background in cognitive neuroscience, neurophysiology, in-vivo electrophysiology, data analysis and machine learning

Solomiia Korchynska, Ph.D

Researcher with background in in-vivo electrophysiology, sleep analysis, chemogenetics and behavioral recordings



Paulina Schnur, Ph.D

Postdoctoral researcher equally shared with Helene Knævelsrud lab, with background in in-vivo electrophysiology, sleep and neurodegeneration

Cantin Ortiz, Ph.D

Researcher BrainChip project co-supervised by Torkel Hafting, with background in neuronal and sequencing data analysis, in-vivo 2-photon calcium and electrophysiology

Sophia Wilhelm, Ph.D

Researcher on the ERA-NET Neuron project with a background in (human) electrophysiology, one photon calcium imaging, and behavioural recordings



Dongkyun Lim, Ph.D

Postdoctoral researcher (NORPOD) collaborating with Thomas Kim's lab at DANDRITE with background in spatial transcriptomics, neuronal and glial development, and sleep

Sandra Bryne

Ph.D student co-supervised by Nolwenn Briand, and Janna Saarela, with focus on the effects of adolescent sleep deprivation/disturbances on metabolic health

Letizia Signorelli

Data analyst with background in mathematical engineering and computational neuroscience



Lina Okinina

Lab technician with background in biology, miniaturized drive building and animal handling

Tamjidmaa Khatanbaatar

Lab manager with background in biochemical engineering focusing on protein chemistry, structural analysis and drug discovery

Mats Helmersen

Medical student at University of Oslo with focus on social recognition mechanism and development in young rats



Teije Bonsema

Master's student at the University of Groningen with a background in behavioural and cognitive neuroscience

Malin Støten Kjerre

Master's student at University of Oslo with background in molecular biology, physiology and cell biology

Anna Maria Begkai

Master's student at the University of Oslo with background in molecular biology, physiology and cell biology



Karoline Gullerud Solvik

Master's student at University of Oslo with background in cell biology, physiology and neuroscience

Emil André Berge

Master's student at the University of Oslo with background in biotechnology and chemical engineering


Florian Daspance

Ph.D student supervised by Ørjan Martinsen (co-supervised by Charlotte) with focus on development of biosensors to study brain-adipose tissue crosstalk.

Jie Hou Ph.D

Postdoc supervised by Ørjan Martinsen (co-supervised by Charlotte) with focus on biosensors and sleep scoring using machine learning

Andreas Holme

Ph.D student at STAMI (National Institute of Occupational Health) investigating the effects of night work and seasonal variations on alertness, sleepiness and circadian rhythms.

Lab Alumni

Learn more about our former lab members.