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

Solomiia Korchynska, Ph.D

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

Brijesh Modi, Ph.D

Postdoctoral researcher with background in software development, slice and in-vivo electrophysiology and neural data analysis



Sandra Bryne

Ph.D student with focus on the effects of adolescent sleep deprivation/disturbances on metabolic health.

Lina Okinina

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

Letizia Signorelli

Data analyst with background in mathematical engineering and computational neuroscience



Ekin Kaya

Research assistant with a background in in-vivo electrophysiology focusing on metabolic and cognitive development.

Mats Helmersen

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

Henriette Myrland

Master's Student at Norwegian University of Life Sciences with a background in genetics, molecular biology and chemistry

Solveig Horn

Master's Student at University of Oslo with background in biosciences, programming and statistics

Ane Gaupseth Mæstad

Master's Student at University of Oslo with background in biosciences, programming and data science


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.

Damien Dufour Ph.D

Postdoc supervised by Nolwenn Briand (co-supervised by Charlotte), investigating physiological process governing post-natal development of adipose tissue

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.