Satu received MSc on 1998 from Faculty of Biosciences with minor (BSc) in Chemistry and PhD on 2007 from Department of Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences from the University of Helsinki. During her PhD she got fascinated about neuronal oscillations and since 2013, she has been leading an own research group at the Neuroscience Center focused on human network oscillations and complex dynamics. She was appointed 2018 Professor of MEG, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCNi), School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, UK for which she holds a part-time position. She was a Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Oulu between 8/2023-1/2024. Since, 2/2024 she has been the director of the Neuroscience Center.
Alexandra has a MSc (Tech) in Human Neuroscience and Technology from Aalto University. She joined the lab in 2021 and is currently investigating the neural correlates and mechanisms of visual working memory using EEG and MEG.
Mehrnaz has a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Tehran. She joined the lab in February 2025. Her research combines artificial intelligence and neuroimaging data to uncover neural mechanisms and identify biomarkers underlying mental health disorders.
Felipe obtained his MD from Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo in Brazil. He investigated deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment-resistant depression at the University of Freiburg, Germany, followed by a Research Fellow position at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, where he investigated DBS for Parkinson’s disease. He then researched EEG brain network topology in epilepsy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, as an American Epilepsy Society Postdoctoral Fellow.Felipe joined the lab in the fall of 2024 to study cortical traveling waves, their relationship to critical phenomena in the brain, and their potential role in improving phenotypic classification of MDD.
David obtained his PhD in neuroscience at Paris Science et letter (PSL) University in France. His research focuses on clinical brain imaging to further understand the system-level organization of the brain in psychiatric disorders. He joined the group in March 2024 to study the brain structure-function relationship in depression using multimodal imaging.
Fiona obtained a BA in Psychology (minor: Biology) from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and is currently enrolled in the Master’s programme in Neuroscience at the University of Helsinki. She joined the lab in April 2025 for a Master's thesis work.
Wenya obtained her doctoral degree at the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä. She joined our lab in December 2021. She is working in the Wellcome Leap Multi-Channel Psych funded project on depression phenotyping.
Paula has a BSc in psychology from the University of Groningen and recently obtained a master's degree in neuroscience at the University of Helsinki. Paula joined the lab in 2021. Paula has a PhD position in the University of Oulu in collaboration with Mirka Hintsanen.
Aniol has a PhD in Medicine and Translational Research from the University of Barcelona (Spain), where he investigated interindividual variability of brain function in schizophrenia by means of task-based and resting-state fMRI. He has also researched the brain mechanisms underlying working memory at New York University Abu Dhabi, using MEG to study effective connectivity.
Aniol joined the lab in September 2024 to investigate the neural geometry of memory representations using MEG and EEG.
Judith studied Psychology at the University of Vienna, graduating with a Msc, and joined our group as a doctoral student in March 2021. She is now investigating neural correlates of visual attention and working memory with MEG and EEG.
Felix obtained his PhD in Satu’s group, researching cross-frequency coupling in the human brain. As a postdoc, he studied critical dynamics in health and disease at Helsinki and Aalto Universities, as well as computational modeling with Prov Gustavo Deco in Barcelona. He has also held a visiting Professorship at Darmstadt University of Technology. As senior researcher, he is now investigating biomarkers for Alzheimer and working as a coordinator for Neurocenter Finland’s personalized neuroscience project.
Julius has a BSc in biology from the University of Helsinki and is currently enrolled in the Master's programme in neuroscience. He joined the lab in august 2025 and studies changes to cortical activity during reward tasks in depression using MEG imaging.