Jaïr is a research assistant at the SYNC lab and is involved in our longitudinal Braintime project on adolescent brain development. At this phase in the project (2023), participants are young adults. Therefore, another data collection wave is currently underway to study the relation between neurodevelopmental and behavioral trajectories and well-being later in life.

As a research assistant, Jaïr is involved primarily with data collection including MRI scans, behavioral experiments, and questionnaires. He is also concerned with the planning and screening of participants, as well as other projects within the SYNC lab.

Jaïr has a background is in psychology and neuroscience, and completed a Research Master in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at Maastricht University in 2021. Currently, he is also enrolled in the Engaging Public Issues program, a sociology master’s at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is on course to graduate in 2023, and hopes to combine both his academic backgrounds to pursue his interests in neurosociology, neuroethics, and mental health policy.

Caroline Elkhoury is a research assistant at the SYNC lab and is involved in the Gravitation program ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’. As a research assistant, Caroline is primarily involved with data collection including MRI scans, behavioral experiments, and questionnaires.

Caroline holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education and Child studies. Her master thesis focused on the relation between executive functioning, gender, and the effectiveness of prediction-based learning. During her masters, Caroline worked as a research intern at the Leiden Institute of Brain and Cognition (LIBC), where she gained her first experience with neuroimaging in young adolescents. After completing her masters, she worked as a research assistant at the Leiden Consortium on Individual Development (L-CID), a large longitudinal twin study on brain development in childhood and adolescence.