Ainah Masood - President

Hi! I'm Ainiah, a 3rd year student, and this year's NeuroSoc President! My interests in neuroscience research centre around systems and computational neuroscience, including multisensory integration and anything relating to consciousness. In my spare time, I love to read, catch the latest movie, explore museums and galleries, and no matter where you see me, I'll always be listening to music! I can't wait to see as many of you as possible in person to discuss all things neuroscience!

Kaja Posnik - Vice-President

Hello everyone! My name’s Kaja and I’m a second year neuroscience student! This year I will be the Vice-President of NeuroSoc and I am really excited to share some great events with you. I am most interested in mental disorders, the connection between the brain and the performing arts and recently neurotechnology. Outside of neuroscience I love musical theatre, travels to some amazing but also quite undiscovered places, and learning languages. Looking forward to seeing you at our events!

Shruti Shinde - Treasurer

Hellloo guys! I'm Shruti, a fourth-year MSci Neuroscience student and the treasurer this year for Neurosoc. Anyone who knows me would tell you how much I enjoy learning about psychedelics and the latest research on the area. I'm an enormous chicken wing enthusiast, and one of my favourite hobbies includes finding new ways to create dents in my bank account. I'm so excited to meet you all and have meaningful discussions on the latest neuroscience research :)

Qu Ukai - Academic Events Officer

Hello, my name is Qu (pronounced like the letter Q) and I’ll be one of the Academic Events Officers for NeuroSoc this academic year. I’m a second year neuroscience student, like my many other peers, and I have a particular interest in schizophrenia, and any other neurological disorders. I hope to be making my way into postgraduate medical school, or a masters in Fine Art. I love to draw, collect jars, notebooks and unique antique stationery. I also force myself to swim sometimes. I’ll be thinking of lots of cool neuroscience events with my fellow AEOs; please look forward to them!

Laura Fuentes Gomez - Academic Events Officer

Hi everyone! I’m Laura, a 2nd year BSc Neuroscience student and one of your Academic Events Officer this year. My current interests are systems and cognitive neuroscience; but anything related to music, sleep, circadian rhythms and language fascinates me. In my spare time I love to explore London, go to musicals or concerts, read and listen to one of my trillion Spotify playlists. I’m excited to meet you all at our events this year!

Adrienne Chen - Academic Events Officer

Hi, I'm Adrienne, I’ll be one of the Academic Event Officers this year, and I'm in my sophomore year studying neuroscience. I'm curious about how consciousness arises and the mechanism of emotions, so anything that answers these two questions would intrigue me! I’m also exploring computer science in order to prepare for getting into AI-related industry in the future, so I’m also interested in silicon-based brains;)  I’m a huge sci-fi nerd and I worship Issac Asimov. My top three art genres are german expressionism, dadaism, and art nouveau. Feel free to reach out if you have any event ideas and I can turn it into reality!

Matthew Whitty - Journal Club Coordinator

Hi everyone! I’m Matthew and I’m the journal club coordinator this year! I’m going into my 2nd year as a neuroscience student, with particular interests in neurodegenerative diseases and pharmacology. In my (limited) free time, I love playing and listening to music, sports, exploring new places and spending time with friends. I'm really looking forward to meeting you all and having a great year!

Hannah Khairaz - Outreach Officer

Hi! I’m Hannah, a second year Biomedical Science student specialising in Control Systems and your Outreach Officer for this year! I love music, playing the piano, art and badminton. I look forward to seeing many of you at events this year and feel free to reach out to me!

Yuvraj Jadeja - Communications Officer

Hi, I'm Yuvraj, currently a second-year neuroscientist and your Communications Officer for the year. Look out for the regular Neurosoc newsletter! I love reading about neurological curiosities of all sorts so I'm interested in just about most topics in neuroscience XD. I play the bansuri and trained in Indian classical music and play badminton as a hobby. Also like going for walks (especially coastal walks!). Feel free to contact me for any queries that you have, big or small, always happy to help. (:

Miriam Jansen - Social Secretary

Nice to meet you all, I’m Miriam! I’m a second-year neuroscientist planning to head into neuro- /biotech and your Social Secretary for this year. I’m already hard at work planning our first event of the year with many more socials to come! I love jazz, mountains and forests, making stuff (catch me at the Institute of Making), botanical drawing, and drinking fancy tea out of fancy teacups. My favourite brain area is probably the inferior olive.

Lanny Xu - Social Media Manager

Hi! I'm Lanny, a second year neuroscience student, and this year's social media manager. My interest in neuroscience is mostly concentrated on computational neuroscience and any neurotechnology. In my free time, I like cooking and forcing friends to try my experimental food. I also do boxing just in case if anyone doesn't want to try my food. It's exciting for me to be a part of NeuroSoc. Looking forward to seeing you in our events, and be prepared for tasting any newly designed dish!

Qimin Wu - Design Officer

Hello! I’m Qimin, a second year neuroscience student who is interested in neural disorders and behaviors. As the Design Officer of NeuroSoc this year, I do the posters as well as the document layouts. I love anime and novels, which give me the passion to draw and sketch. Music and films are also my favorites, as I can get inspiration and creation sparks in them.

Praneil Singh - Photographer

Hi everyone! I’m Praneil and I’ll be the photographer for Neurosoc. I’m a second-year Neuroscience student who is particularly interested in photography, chess and anything neuroscience related. I’m looking forward to meeting everyone at all the events this year!

Grzegorz “Greg” Koc - Webmaster

Hellooo. Name’s Greg. I’m a second-year neuroscience student interested in pursuing studies within the field of tissue engineering. My role in the NeuroSoc Committee is taking care of the wonderful website which you are viewing right now! My hobbies include climbing and swimming, playing the mandolin and guitar, playing chess and Go, and appreciating exotic memes. Very epic.

Let me know if you’d like to discuss any of these activities, if you have an idea for the website, or if there’s anything on your mind you’d like to share. I’d be more than happy to have a chat!