The Erasmus SYNC Lab consists of a group of committed researchers with varied backgrounds in psychology, neuroscience and biology. In the overview below you can click on their names to learn more about their research.
Prof. Eveline Crone is full professor in Developmental Neuroscience in Society and she leads the SYNC lab (Society, Youth and Neuroscience Connected). The…
Full professor - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Dr. Michelle Achterberg is a postdoctoral researcher in the SYNC-lab and is interested in social emotional development. In her studies, she focusses on the…
Assistant professor - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Simone Dobbelaar is a PhD candidate at the Erasmus SYNC lab at Erasmus University Rotterdam and the CHANGE lab at Leiden University. During her PhD, Simone…
External PhD candidate - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Lina van Drunen is an external PhD candidate of Developmental Neuroscience in Society at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lina studies the individual differences in…
External PhD candidate - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Ilse van de Groep is a PhD Candidate in the Erasmus Sync Lab (Rotterdam), Brain and Development Research Center (Leiden University) and the Child and Adolescent…
Researcher - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
External PhD candidate - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Suzanne van de Groep is an assistant professor at the department of Psychology, Education, and Child Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam and affiliated with…
Assistant professor - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Kayla Green is a PhD candidate in the [SYNC lab][]. Her work focuses on the individual differences in developmental trajectories of behavioural and neural…
PhD candidate - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Sophie Sweijen is a PhD candidate in the SYNC lab at the ESSB department Developmental Neuroscience in Society. She focuses on the behavioral and neural…
PhD candidate - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Lysanne te Brinke is a postdoctoral researcher in the SYNC-lab and is interested in prosocial and antisocial development. She currently works on an ERC…
Assistant professor - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Yolijn Aarts
olijn is the project coordinator for the Gravitation program ‘Growing Up Together in Society (GUTS)’. Yolijn has a background in psychology and obtained her Master in Youth and Adolescent psychology at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2022. Her master thesis focused on the development of cognitive control in elementary schoolchildren with internalizing symptoms.
Nienke Steenks – Junior researcher & Lab manager
Nienke is involved in the citizen science project YoungXpert, where she focuses on organizing and implementing brainstorm sessions, workshops, and maintaining contact with school leaders and youth workers. Additionally, she assists with YoungXpert's recruitment and marketing efforts.
