Young Amsterdam Neuroscience (YAN) is a vibrant community of early career neuroscientists who are passionate about shaping and advancing the field of neuroscience in Amsterdam. Their focus is on advocacy, connection and integration within the broader Amsterdam Neuroscience community, while also equipping themselves with skills required for their professional growth.

YAN members meet several times a year to discuss topics crucial to building a research team, such as grant writing, mentoring, consortium building, research integrity, leadership development, and improving collaboration within research groups.

Members of Young Amsterdam Neuroscience

Laura Jonkman
Chair person
2025-2026
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Christian Bick
Co-chair person
2025-2026
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Jorge Mejias
Co-Chair person
2025-2026
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Jeanne Savage
Board member
2025-2026
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Ismail Koubiyr
Board member
2025-2026
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Joram Mul
Board member
2025-2026
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Members

  • Tara Arbab
  • Arthur-Ervin Avriamiea
  • Wissam Beaino
  • Merijn Bijlsma
  • Arthur Buijink
  • Elke Butterbrod
  • Sergio Conde-Ocazionzez
  • Anke Dijkstra
  • Vanessa Donega
  • Stephanie Dooves
  • Marc Engelen
  • AmeliĆ© Freal
  • Jan Willem de Gee
  • Sandeep Golla
  • Alida Gouw
  • Natalia Goriounova
  • Willem de Haan
  • Laura Han
  • Rikkert Hindriks
  • Rik van der Kant
  • Zoe van Kempen
  • Max Koppers
  • Sylvie Lesuis
  • Judy Luigjes
  • Dorien Maas
  • Hein van Marle
  • Marieke Meijer
  • Tim Moors
  • Inge Mulder
  • Henk-Jan Mutsaerts
  • Fernando Nobrega Santos
  • Aysu Okbay
  • Marlies Oostland
  • Claudia Persoon
  • Zhi Wei Eugenia Poh
  • Priyanka Rao-Ruiz
  • Danai Riga
  • Merel Rijnsburger
  • Steven Roeters
  • Karel Scheepstra
  • Anouk Schrantee
  • Milou Sep
  • Sietske Sikkes
  • Eva Strijbis
  • Betty Tijms
  • Jorien Treur
  • Vikram Venjatraghavan
  • Dagmar Verbaan
  • Inge Verberk
  • Lisa Vermunt
  • Esmee Verwijk
  • Chris Vriend
  • Ruud Wijdeven
  • Alle-Meije Wink
  • Nienke de Wit

Joining YAN

If you are a senior post-doc, or starting PI and interested in joining YAN, please fill in this form. We are excited to welcome you to our community.

Logo

The logo of Young Amsterdam Neuroscience is created by YAN-member Inge Mulder, Research Associate at Amsterdam UMC, location AMC.