PhD Council Donders Institute
PhD Council Donders Institute

The life of

With this series of experiences we introduce the people of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour.

The most challenging part so far for me is the unpredictability of research.
Ziliang Xiong
Ziliang Xiong
PhD candidate
Share your feelings, share your thoughts, respect the differences, and experience more, especially for those who come from a relatively restrained culture.
Xuanwei Li
Xuanwei Li
PhD candidate
The AI for Parkinson lab is part of the Digital Biomarkers for PD consortium, in which we collaborate with people with a background in different fields (such as medicine, mathematics or computer science). I really enjoy these collaborations, in which I can learn a lot from everyone
Nienke Timmermans
Nienke Timmermans
PhD candidate
Soon, it will shift towards setting up experiments, building the corresponding pipelines for data analysis.
Aslan Bellmann
Aslan Bellmann
PhD candidate
It was difficult for me to find a topic that matched my interests.
Ana Serna
Ana Serna
PhD candidate
These invaluable experiences strengthened my determination to continue my education in the field of visual science and computational modeling, and finally come here
Yuxuan
Yuxuan
PhD candidate
I think it must be the aim to understand what makes us who we are.
Boyd van Reijmersdal
Boyd van Reijmersdal
PhD candidate
This new position perfectly aligns with my interests.
Hüseyin
Hüseyin
PhD candidate
I learned that I shouldn’t compare myself to others.
Francesca Abela
Francesca Abela
PhD candidate
Luckily, I was doing well enough so they decided to take me on as a PhD student, and I’m very happy with this position.
Lennart Oblong
Lennart Oblong
PhD candidate
I loved the Netherlands, Nijmegen and the university here a lot and was also very interested in research and neuropsychology.
Franziska Goltz
Franziska Goltz
PhD candidate
When I was younger, my childhood aspiration was to become an astronaut and establish a human presence on Mars.
Sweekriti Narayanan
Sweekriti Narayanan
PhD candidate
I try to always keep in mind all aspects of my life and not just my work and I make time for things I enjoy and to take care of my health.
María Menafra
María Menafra
PhD candidate
Work hard, but play even harder. Academic and professional learning opportunities continuously come and go, but the world and people around us are in constant flux.
Haras Mhmud
Haras Mhmud
PhD candidate
Most things you will do throughout your PhD, you will do for the first time, so it makes complete sense that you will make mistakes.
Margot Mangnus
Margot Mangnus
PhD candidate