I am an assistant professor in Clinical Neurodevelopmental Psychology at Leiden University and principal investigator at the CoDAP lab. My work lies at the intersection between developmental cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology. A key denominator of my work is employing a multi-method approach - combining behavioral and neuroimaging assessments, as well as advanced statistical methods. I aim at discovering reliable transdiagnostic markers that will aid in understanding the etiology of psychological disorders

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I am a PhD candidate for the Developmental and Educational Psychology at Leiden University and enthusiastic member of the CoDAP lab. My PhD project (i.e., the Changing Minds project), funded by an NWO Research Talent grant, aims to identify subgroups of people, characterized by similarities in personality, environmental, physiological and behavioral responses in various social contexts. These subgroups, or ‘symptom-profiles’ should help indicate who is at risk for developing social anxiety disorder in adolescence. I am particularly interested in examining potential differences in a brain mechanism involved during social learning and behavioral responses to uncertain social situations.

I received my B. A. In psychology from Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. I am currently a Research Master’s student in developmental psychology at Leiden University. My research interests include topics related to social cognition and developmental psychopathology. At the moment, I am involved in the Changing Minds in Social Anxiety project as a research apprentice at the CoDAP lab. 

I am a Master student studying the Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology course at Leiden University. My thesis has allowed me to work in the CoDAP Lab, for the Changing Minds project. I am interested in exploring clinical disorders, both behaviorally and neurologically. Currently, I am researching the differences of neurophysiology in anxiety populations.

I am a clinical neuropsychology masters student in Leiden. I am currently involved as a research intern with the Changing Minds project. I have a keen interest in neuropsychological disorders and their neurological underpinnings. I am working on understanding the neurological properties of social anxiety

I am studying the master Child and Adolescent Psychology at Leiden University. For my thesis, I work for the Changing Minds project in the CoDAP Lab. I am interested in the cognitive aspects of clinical disorders. I am researching the information processing biases of socially anxious people