Staresina LAB
Principal Investigator
Lab Manager/RA
POLINA PERZICH
Prior to her time as a MSc student at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, Polina completed a BSc in Psychology at the University of Exeter. Polina is interested in the relationship between sleep and plasticity and supports the day-to-day running of the lab.
PhD Students
JUDE THOM
Jude explores neural activity relating to the formation and retrieval of memories, with a particular interest in using closed-loop systems to influence memory performance. He is funded by the BBSRC.
MARIT PETZKA
Marit is interested in the mechanisms underlying consolidation of associative memory in both sleep and wakefulness. She uses electrophysiological methods (scalp and intracranial EEG).
OLI RATCLIFFE
Oli uses electrical brain stimulation (tDCS) to boost working memory maintenance and sleep-dependent consolidation of long term memories. He is funded by the MRC.
Visiting Scholars
MARCEL KEHL
Marcel investigates mechanisms underlying memory consolidation using single unit recordings from the Medial Temporal Lobe (MTL) in humans. He is particularly interested in how newly acquired memories are stored and reactivated during sleep.
MARIA DEL CARMEN MARTIN BURO
Maria del Carmen investigates the neural mechanisms of episodic memory using MEG and EEG. Particularly, she studies how brain oscillations help to orchestrate associative memory retrieval and post-encoding reactivation. She is a Lecturer in Experimental Psychology at Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid).