Research Team 2023–2025/26
Last update: September 2026
Researchers
Andreas M. Brandmaier, Martin Dahl, Julia Delius, Douglas D. Garrett (as of 03/2025: Origin Neuro Inc., Calgary, Canada), Ulman Lindenberger, Viktor Müller, Chi (Zoe) Ngo (as of 06/2025: Emmy Noether Group RAVEN, MPI for Human Development), Eleftheria Papadaki, Aaron Peikert, Sarah Power, Naftali Raz (as of 06/2026: Stony Brook University, USA), Myriam C. Sander (until 08/2024), Sina A. Schwarze, Gert G. Wagner (Max Planck Fellow, † 01/2024), Markus Werkle-Bergner, André Werner
Postdoctoral Fellows
Elisa Buchberger (as of 09/2024: REWE Group Analytics, Cologne, Germany), Birte Doludda, Stella Gerdemann (until 11/2024), Ann-Kathrin Jöchner (as of 12/2024: IGES Institut, Berlin, Germany), Claire Pauley, Sarah Polk (as of 03/2023: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magdeburg, Germany), Alexander Skowron (as of 08/2025: Deutsche Welle, Bonn, Germany), Leo Waschke (as of 03/2023: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Berlin, Germany), Ai Ye
Predoctoral Fellows
Lydia Brundisch (LIFE), Hannes Diemerling (LIFE, as of 12/2025: HMU Health and Medical University, Erfurt, Germany), Maximilian Ernst (MPSCog), Leonie Hagitte (LIFE), Maike Hille (LIFE), Fabian Kamp (MPSCog, as of 07/2026: TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany), Theodoros Koustakas (LIFE), Agnieszka Kulesza (COMP2PSYCH), Laurenz Lammer (MPSCog), Tiantian Li (MPSCog), Tydings McClary (LIFE), Stephanie Mengoa-Fleming (MPSCog), Zoya Mooraj (COMP2PSYCH), Phuc Thu Uyen Nguyen (MPSCog), Liliana Polanski (COMP2PSYCH, until 03/2025), David Teo (MPSCog), Annika Werwach (MPSCog)
Associate Research Scientists
Yana Fandakova (Trier University, Germany), Attila Keresztes (Brain Imaging Centre, Budapest, Hungary), Naftali Raz (Stony Brook University, USA), Myriam C. Sander, Elisabeth Wenger (HMU Health and Medical University Potsdam, Germany)
Visiting Researchers
Steve Boker (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA), Timothy Brick (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Markus Bühner (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany), Roberto Cabeza (Duke University, Durham, USA), Laura L. Carstensen (Stanford University, USA), Natalie Ebner (University of Florida, Gainesville, USA), Michael C. Frank (Stanford University, USA), Paolo Ghisletta (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Tobias Grossmann (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA), Nicklas Jakob Hafiz (IQB Institute for Educational Quality Improvement, Berlin), Petr Janata (University of California, Davis, USA), Lucie Kalousová (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA), Christopher W. Kuzawa (Harvard University, Cambridge, USA), Lisa Levelt (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Martin Lövdén (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Ulrich Mayr (University of Oregon, Eugene, USA), Matt Nassar (Brown University, Providence, USA), Zsuzsanna Nemecz (HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary), Eleonora Rossi (University of Florida, Gainesville, USA), Tomás J. Ryan (Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland), Usami Satoshi (The University of Tokyo, Japan), Shieun (Angela) Seo, Yee Lee Shing (Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany), Lina Skora (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany), Viola Störmer (Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA), Amrisha Vaish (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA), Stefan Weinhardt
A current list of the Center's staff with links to their web profiles can be found on the Center's website.