Membership

The Network

ALBA represents a global diverse network of individual neuroscientists who are involved in research, education, communication and advocacy, and are committed to supporting and advocating for actions and policies that foster diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in brain sciences across the globe. We currently have 1890 individual members from 91 countries.

Become a member

Register as an ALBA Network member for free! As a member, you can

  • Help shape ALBA's priorities and goals
  • Drive initiatives as an ALBA Volunteer
  • Receive regular updates on ALBA activities and events
  • Have access to DEI skills and advocacy training workshops
  • Engage with the ALBA Team at the General Assembly
  • Elect the members of our Board of Directors
Join the Network

Search our membership database

Browse through the ALBA members to find a speaker for your next
conference, a mentor for guidance, an expert for a new project or to simply network.

Gender
Position
Country

Anna-Chiara
Schaub

Postdoctoral fellow at UPK Basel
Switzerland Website
OrcID
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Behavioral neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience
Analysis of behavior and cognition in humans
Computation, modeling, and simulation
Data analysis and statistics
Imaging (PET, fMRI, etc)
I joined ALBA because :
It was very inspiring to hear about the network at ecnp 2023 and I want to be more involved in the related topics.

Bianca Ambrogina
Silva

Postdoctoral fellow at EPFL
Switzerland Website
OrcID
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Behavioral neuroscience
Circuit neuroscience
Analysis of behavior and cognition in non-human animal
Histochemistry and tracing
Imaging (microscopy)
In vivo monitoring
Optical methods
Species : vertebrate

Marília
Sousa

Graduate student at Universität Zürich
Switzerland
OrcID
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Behavioral neuroscience
Cellular and molecular neuroscience
Circuit neuroscience
Sensory systems neuroscience
Analysis of behavior and cognition in non-human animal
Imaging (microscopy)
Pharmacology

Esther
Stoeckli

Department head at University of Zurich
Switzerland Website
OrcID
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Cellular and molecular neuroscience
Developmental neuroscience
Disorders of the nervous system
Cell and tissue transplantation
Cell culture
Histochemistry and tracing
Imaging (microscopy)
Molecular approaches
Species : vertebrate
I joined ALBA because :
I strongly feel the need to strengthen diversity in science. It is sad that our society and science treats 50% of us as a minority!

Priyadarshini
Thirunavukkarasu

Postdoctoral fellow at University of Basel
Switzerland Website
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :

Stamatina
Tzanoulinou

Postdoctoral fellow at University of Lausanne
Switzerland Website
OrcID
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Behavioral neuroscience
Cellular and molecular neuroscience
Circuit neuroscience
Disorders of the nervous system
Excitable membranes and ion channels
Neuroendocrinology
Analysis of behavior and cognition in non-human animal
Electrophysiology (channels)
Electrophysiology (synaptic physiology)
Genetic models and techniques
Molecular approaches
Pharmacology
I joined ALBA because :
I believe that this is exactly the kind of initiatives that are needed in the community and being an active member can make a tangible difference. As a mother and neuroscientist it is already difficult to reconcile both roles - therefore, we should at least try to minimise other factors such as gender, or other, biases.

Youna
Vandaele

Postdoctoral fellow at Lausanne University Hospital
Switzerland Website
OrcID
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Behavioral neuroscience
Circuit neuroscience
Analysis of behavior and cognition in non-human animal
Electrophysiology (unit activity)
In vivo monitoring
Pharmacology
Species : vertebrate
I joined ALBA because :
I am interested by the ALBA network main mission of including more diversity in Academia. I am notably interested by the issue of gender bias.

Vera
Wiersma

Postdoctoral fellow at University of Zurich
Switzerland Website
OrcID
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Cellular and molecular neuroscience
Disorders of the nervous system
I joined ALBA because :
My aim is to support underrepresented groups in neuroscience, including closing the gender gap and supporting other groups.

Katharina Anna
Wilmes

Postdoctoral fellow at Universität Bern
Switzerland Website
OrcID
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Circuit neuroscience
Computational neuroscience and modeling
Computation, modeling, and simulation
I joined ALBA because :
I want to support diversity and equity in science, promote underrepresented groups, and reduce implicit bias for fairer and better research.

Olivia
Zanoletti

Research/Staff scientist at EPFL
Switzerland
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :

Stefanie
Zechner

Other at Science. People. Business.
Switzerland Website
Gender : Woman
Fields of research :
Cognitive neuroscience
Neuroscience of aging
Analysis of behavior and cognition in humans
Electrophysiology (slow waves)
Imaging (PET, fMRI, etc)
I joined ALBA because :
I'm intrigued about ALBA's mission to foster diversity, equity and inclusion in the neuroscience community. I have been serving the Healthcare Businesswomen Association (HBA), an international non-for profit organization to advance DEI in healthcare for many years and in different roles, currently as Advisor in a leadership program for our corporate sponsors.

My background is Neuroscience both from an academic and clinical drug development perspective. As Clinical Trial Head I successfully led a large multi-national neuroscience drug development team and helped to bring the first transdermal patch for dementia associated with Alzheimer's Disease, Exelon Patch, to market. In this process, I found my 2nd passion: developing people and organizations and enabling them to perform so they can advance medicine.

In 2020 I founded Science. People. Business. My mission is to advance healthcare through and with the right people in the right place.
In anticipation of the growing demand of experts and leaders in the Neuroscience R&D space, my ambition is to set up a Neuroscience Center of Excellence in Switzerland.