Executive Board

Nikita Gorbunov is a PhD researcher in the Project B3 under supervision of Prof. Klaus-Peter Lesch.

Before coming to Würzburg to do his PhD, he did his master's thesis in biophysics at "Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University".

His previous studies focused on the registration of neuronal activity in freely moving animals, and now, as part of his PhD project, he will use optogenetics to modulate the behavior of animals with low levels of serotonin in the brain.

Maria Pfeiffer is a PhD Student in Prof. Küblers Project A2.
She is working on a Neurofeedback paradigm relying on EEG correlates of approach-avoidance conflict and resolution. The goal will be the upregulation of behavioral activation and the decrease of fear reactions. Previously she did her Bachelor in Magdeburg in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Cognition and the Translational Neuroscience Master in Würzburg.
In her free time you’ll find her rolling on the mat (Judo/BJJ) or running/cycling whenever a pandemic prevents her from gathering with people.

Janna Teigeler is a PhD researcher in Prof. Gamer’s lab. She joins the RTG2660 as an associated PhD student and plans to research approach and avoidance conflicts, especially in Social Anxiety Disorder.

Prior to her PhD, she studied psychology at the University of Würzburg, where she discovered her interest in neuroscientific research.

Outside of research, she enjoys cooking, baking sourdough bread and loves to go hiking.