Action Lab
Members

Principal Investigator

Topic Leads

Moritz Mückschel, M.Sc. Psych. (Lead: EEG Methods Development and Implementation)

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), methods development

Email: moritz.mueckschel@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Phone: +49 351 458 4073

Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Prochnow, M.Sc. Psych. (Lead: Applied Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience)

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), event coding 

Email: astrid.prochnow@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Phone: +49 351 458 4225

PD Dr. rer. nat. Ann-Kathrin Stock, M.Sc. Psych. (Lead: Neurobiology of Cognitive Control)

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), effects of drugs (alcohol, methamphetamine), neurobiology

Email: ann-kathrin.stock@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Phone: +49 351 458 4259

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Shervin Safavi  (Lead: Computational Neuroscience)

Topics: Computational Neuroscience, artificial intelligence

Email: shervin.safavi@ukdd.de

Scientific and Medical Scientist Staff

Dr. Warsha Barde, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: action control, animals, exploration, learning, hippocampus

Email: warsha.barde@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Willy Baumann, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: action control, learning,reversal learning

Email: alexander.baumann@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Sophie Bayer, M.Sc..

Research Assistant

Topics: action control, neurofeedback, event segmentation

Email: sophia.bayer@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Arman Behrad, M. Sc. (AG Computational Neuroscience)

Research Assistant

Topics: event coding, computational neuroscience, artificial intelligence

Email: arman.behrad@ukdd.de

Dr. rer. nat. Annet Bluschke, M. Sc. Psych.

Medical Scientist

Topics: Clinical Neurofeedback Supervision

Email: annet.bluschke@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Phone: +49 351 458 7163

Dr. rer. nat. Adriana Böttcher, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), action emulation, autism spectrum disorders

Email: adriana.boettcher@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Dr. Ke Ding, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: cognitive control, metacontrol, non-invasive brain stimulation

Email: ke.ding3@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Aishwarya Deshpande, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), non-invasive brain stimulation, emotional neuroscience

Email: aishwaryamangesh.deshpande@ukdd.de

Patrick Eggert, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), addiction research, brain stimulation (TMS)

Email: patrick.eggert@ukdd.de

Phone: +49 351 458 3146

Dr. rer. nat. Julia Elmers, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), directed brain connectivity, neurological disorders

Email: julia.elmers@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Nayereh FallahBagheri, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: cognitive control, closed-loop brain stimulation

Email: nayereh.fallahbagheri@ukdd.de

Dr. Filippo Ghin, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), brain stimulation (TMS), addiction research, dementia

Email: filippo.ghin@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Dr. Negin Gholamipourbarogh, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: EEG signal processing, machine learning, methods development, artificial intelligence

Email: negin.gholamipourbarogh@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Katharina Graf, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), perception-action integration, neurofeedback, ADHD, OCD

Email: katharina.graf@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Ronja Grevsmühl, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), substance use, alcohol effects

Email: ronja.grevsmuehl@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Beatrice La Rocca, M.Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive Control (basics), neurofeedback

Email: beatrice.larocca@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Ronja Limburg, M. Sc. Psych.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), working memory dynamics, stress, ADHD

Email: ronja.limburg@ukdd.de

Dr. rer.nat. Charlotte Pscherer, M. Sc. Psych.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), Neurofeedback, borderline intellectual functioning

Email: charlotte.pscherer@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Phone: +49 351 458 2044

Dr. rer. nat. Sarah Rempel, M. Sc.

Research Assistant and Project Coordinator for Digital Mental Health

Topics: Cognitive control (applied), Digital Mental Health

Email: sarah.rempel@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Luisa Seliger, M.Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Action control, neurofeedback, interference control

Email: luisa.seliger@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Berin Softa, M.Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: action control, dynamic couplings, cross-frequency interactions

Email: berin.softa@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Dr. Zahra Tabanfar, M. Sc.

Research Assistant (Alexandern von Humboldt Fellow)

Topics: Cognitive control (applied), closed-loop neuromodulation

Email: zahra.tabanfar@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Dr. Nasibeh Talebi, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: artificial intelligence, LLMs, methods development

Email:  nasibeh.talebi@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Kirsten Thönelt, Dipl.-Psych.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), multisensory integration, neurofeedback

Email: kirsten.thoenelt@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Dr. rer. nat. Paul Wendiggensen, M. Sc. Psych

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), methods development, multivariate pattern analysis

Email: paul.wendiggensen@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Phone: +49 351 458 3146

Quan Yuan, M. Sc.

Reseach Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), transient dynamics, brain states, hidden markov modeling

Email: quan.yuan@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Shuai Zhao, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), conflict monitoring, metacontrol, artificial intelligence

Email: zhao.shuai@ukdd.de

Dr. rer. nat. Xianzhen Zhou, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), event segmentation, ADHD, mathematical modelling, artificial intelligence

Email: xianzhen.zhou@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Marida Zhupa, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), cross-frequency coupling, event coding

Email: marida.zhupa@ukdd.de

Meike Ziegler, M. Sc.

Research Assistant

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), pediatric cancer, fatigue, neuropsychology

Email: meike.ziegler@ukdd.de

Associated Scientists

Prof. Dr. Christian Herff

Maastricht University

Topics: Brain-Computer Interfacing, neuro-engineering

Email: c.herff@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hommel

Shandong Normal University

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), perception-action integration, meta-control, Theory of Event Coding

Email: bh@hommel.onmicrosoft.com

Dr.  Ali Nouri

MedicalSyn Inc.

Topics: Artificial intelligence, digital health platfoms

Email: ali.nouri@medicalsyn.com

Prof. Dr. Joris C. Verster

University of Utrecht

Topics: Pharmacology, alcohol, addiction

Email: j.c.verster@uu.nl

Administrative Staff

Julia Neubert

Personal Assistant to Prof. Beste

Email: julia.neubert@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Maja Goedicke

Controling, Accounting

Email: maja.goedicke@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Benjamin Teufert

EEG lab coordination, technical implementation

Email: benjamin.teufert@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Claudia Seifert, M.A.

Volunteer Recruitment Panel

Email: claudia.seifert3@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Elena Eggert, M.Sc.

Topics: Cognitive control (basics)

Xi (Rachel) Wang, M.Sc. Psych.

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), creativity and metacontrol

Jasmin Mayer, M.Sc. Psych.

Topics: Cognitive control (basics), action effect integration

Yu Pi

Shandong Normal University

Topics: Neural noise, cognitive control, metacontrol

Elif Pinar, M.Sc.

Leiden University

Topics: Cognitive control, social determinants of actions

Hongchi Zhang

Shandong Normal University

Topics: Neural noise, working memory, individual differnces

Jimin Yan

Shandong Normal University

Topics: Neural noise, event segmentation

MD Students

Niels Böttrich

MD candidate

Friederike Just

MD candidate

Anna Lerch

MD candidate