Eleni supports Erasmus Professor Eveline Crone in her mission to create positive social impact. The focus of my activities is on helping people achieve their goals, forging valuable connections, and improving processes with a keen eye for customer-centricity. My work involves organizing events, bringing people together, optimizing workflow and facilitating research initiatives within the Erasmus SYNC Lab.
Noura is knowledge coordinator at Erasmus SYNC lab. As knowledge coordinator, she is involved with the overarching societal impact of SYNC lab. Noura connects and manages different projects and is concerned with developing policy and outreach visions for SYNC lab. She collaborates closely with the researchers within the lab and is always on the lookout for collaboration opportunities with societal partners. Noura has a background in Literary Studies. She obtained a research master Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam and a master Educational Sciences at Utrecht University. Throughout her studies, Noura has always had an interest in studying complex social issues and bridging the gap between research and practice. She has working experience in educational policy, consultancy and instructional design.
Yolijn is the project coordinator for the Gravitation program ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’. She facilitates the Steering Committee, oversees all functions, provides administration and weekly duties, schedules meetings, and facilitates communication between the Steering Committee and all applicants. Yolijn has a background in psychology and obtained her Master in Youth and Adolescent psychology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2022. Her master thesis focused on the development of cognitive control in elementary schoolchildren with internalizing symptoms, and she obtained some experience in a large data program, the Generation R Study. Yolijn likes societal engagement and working with (young) people.
Kitty is the knowledge broker for the ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’ project. Her goal is to bridge the gap between research and society, by facilitating the exchange of knowledge and orchestrating meetings to foster collaboration. She works closely with researchers from seven universities, assisting them in involving society in their work. Additionally, Kitty is responsible for managing the visibility of the GUTS project. This involves overseeing the social media strategy, maintaining the website, and managing the project’s newsletter. With a background in cognitive neuropsychology and a master’s in Youth Development & Social Change, she brings her experience and passion for youth participation, diversity, and inclusion to the team.
Simone Mulder is a Data Manager for the SYNC lab and the Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS) research program, with special interests in open science, health care, programming, and (meta)data visualizations. She coordinates data storage, processing, and sharing between the nine collaborating institutions that are part of the ten-year GUTS project. Simone is currently working on developing protocols and pipelines to ensure a flexible and accessible data infrastructure.
Simone obtained her research master’s degree in clinical and health psychology in 2021. She previously worked as a research data specialist for the Leiden-CID project, focussing on the implementation and development of the Leiden-CID data infrastructure. She also developed a long-term strategy to make data flexible and accessible to other researchers.
Julianna 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 planning and screening of participants and data collection including MRI scans, behavioural experiments, and questionnaires.
Julianna has a background is in psychology and neuroscience and is currently enrolled in a Research Master in Neuroscience & Cognition at Utrecht University. During this master’s she also conducted her internship at SYNC, under the Braintime study, where she helped with the last wave of data collection in young adults.
MoPriya is a research assistant involved in the Gravitation program ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’. As a research assistant, MoPriya is primarily involved in EEG data collection.
MoPriya holds a Bachelor’s degree in cognitive Psychology and a Research Master’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. Throughout her studies, she deepened her interest in both conscious and subconscious social behaviour. During her masters, MoPriya worked as research intern on a project about sense of agency in the context of law enforcement, where she gained some experience with EEG data collection in a diverse sample.
Stan 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, Stan is primarily involved with data collection including MRI scans, behavioral experiments, and questionnaires.
Stan completed a Master’s degree in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience with a specialization in Neuropsychology from Maastricht University. During his studies, he completed an internship at the University of Cambridge, where he contributed to data collection for a study on learning in adolescence. In addition, he conducted an independent research project using previously collected data, focusing on learning in social interactions.
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.
Dimitri Mau Asam is Art director and graphic designer responsible for the entire branding of SYNC lab and the Young Xperts platform. In close collaboration with Glenn Windhouwer for the construction of the website SYNC lab and Young Xperts.