Principal Investigator
dr. Henk van Steenbergen
![]() Henk studied at Leiden University, where he obtained a BA degree in Philosophy of Psychology, and a BSc and MPhil degree in Cognitive Neuroscience (cum laude). He obtained his PhD (cum laude / highest distinction) from the same university in 2012. During his leisure time, Henk enjoys cooking, hiking in nature, reading about history and philosophy, and designing scientific figures. LinkedIn profile | Google Scholar profile | ResearchGate profile | CV |
Postdocs
dr. Motoyuki Sanada
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dr. Floor van Meer
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PhD candidates
Selin Topel, MSc
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Jin Yan, MSc
![]() In her free time, Jin likes cooking and workouts, hobbies that have excellent stress-buffering effects which, when combined, also prevent worries about weight gain. Jin is extroverted and easygoing, although she may drive you kind of crazy when you teach her how to play poker games. |
Research Master students
Frenn Bultinck, MSc
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Ningjing Cui, BPsy(Hons)
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Emma von Haeseler, BSc
![]() In September, she will start with the Research Master’s in Clinical and Health Psychology at Leiden University. Currently, she is assisting in a study concerning transgressive behaviour and resilience on Twitter with dr. Henk van Steenbergen. She aims to combine both research and clinical work later on. |
Regular Master students
Christina Boehler, BSc
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Maximiliane Peters, MSc
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- Eli Muis (2020-2021)
Alumni
PhD candidates
Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, MSc (2013-2020)
![]() Janna Marie studied Medicine at the Erasmus Medical Center (2003-2007) and obtained her research master’s degree in Neuroscience and Cognition at Utrecht University in 2009 (cum laude/ with the highest distinction). During her research master, she worked as an intern at the Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience (UMC Utrecht) and the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology (VU University Medical Center Amsterdam). During both internships, she used functional neuroimaging to investigate the human brain. In addition, she wrote a master thesis on the effects of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). Following her masters, Janna Marie worked as a research assistant at the Department of Psychiatry of the UMC Utrecht, investigating the development of the adolescent brain with a focus on reward processing. After working in the Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab in Birmingham, Janna Marie started her current PhD project in March 2013. This project, supervised by Michiel Westenberg, Nic van der Wee, and Henk van Steenbergen, was embedded within the Leiden Family Study on Social Anxiety. The focus of her work was on profiling endophenotypes of social anxiety disorder using structural and functional MRI. In addition, she investigated the processing of emotional faces in patients with Cushing’s disease and is involved in the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA). |
Mikael Kowal, MSc (2012-2016)
Research Assistants
Alexandra Felea (2017-2018)
Heike Greb, BSc (2017-2018)
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Hans Revers, MSc (2015-2016)
Erwin Haasnoot, MSc (2014-2015)
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Jonathan Barnhoorn, MSc (2014-2015)
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Christina Pfeuffer, MSc (2014)
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Research master students
Kamil Hiralal, BSc (2021-2022)
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Jet Lageman, BSc (2019-2020)
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Lisa Landman, BSc (2018-2019)
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Fleur van Elk, BSc (2018-2019)
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Maaike Verburg, BSc (2018-2019)
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Roos Doekemeijer, BSc (2017-2018)
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Lena Ibold, BSc (2017-2018)
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Dianne Venneker, BSc (2017-2018)
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Iris Spruit, BSc (2016-2017)
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Iliana Samara, MSc (2016-2017)
Pauline van der Wel, BSc (2016-2017)
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Anja Berger, BSc (2016)
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Mithras Kuipers, BSc (2015-2016)
Inga Rösler (2015-2016)
Naomi Vlegels, BSc (2014-2016)
Regular master students
- Kasper Wooning (2020-2021)
Hafsteinn Ragnarsson (2019-2020)
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- Cherise Joyner (2018-2019)
- Thor van den Berg (2016-2017)
- Maria Tarisa (2015-2016)
- Romy Petitjean (2015-2016)
Honors Bachelor students
Dominique Poelarends (2019-2020)
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Bachelor students
- Isabel Kalverda (2018-2019)
- Lisette Kuijt (2018-2019)
- Jetske Marcelis (2018-2019)
- Ruben Scholten (2018-2019)
- Rosa Vegter (2018-2019)
- Daisy Berris (2018-2019)
- Janna van Helden (2018-2019)
- Ayse Öz (2018-2019)
- Thijs van Rhee (2018-2019)
- Niek Stevenson (2018-2019)
- Laura van Toor (2018-2019)
- Bas Zuidervaart (2018-2019)
- Ted Adrichem (2016-2017)
- Rieke Heeringa (2016-2017)
- Roos Huijs (2016-2017)
- Laura Slabbers (2016-2017)
- Nurseda Risvanoglu (2016-2017)
- Isabelle Blok (2016-2017)
- Zala Reppman (2016-2017)
- Bas Rexwinkel (2016-2017)
- Anke Halfweeg (2015-2016)
- Esther Bliek (2015-2016)
- Sanne de Jager (2015-2016)
- Feride Ozturk (2015-2016)
- Maxim Allaart (2015-2016)
- Jasmijn Hondebrink (2015-2016)
- Anne de Groot (2015-2016)
- Tyrza van Leeuwen (2015-2016)
- Evelien Lageweg (2015-2016)