Our Team Wants to Grow
Asst. Prof. Nacho Sanguinetti
Asst. Prof. Nacho Sanguinetti
Asst. Prof. Nacho Sanguinetti
Nacho Sanguinetti-Scheck is a Neuroscientist wth an integrative biology background. He did his Bachelor's and Master's in Uruguay working in the neuroethology of electric fish. During his PhD at the Brecht Lab at Humboldt University in Berlin he studied the neural bases of navigation and play in rats. During his postdoc at Harvard University with Hopi Hoekstra and Nao Uchida he develop tools and approaches to comparative play and natural behavior.
Dr. Patrick MONARI
Asst. Prof. Nacho Sanguinetti
Asst. Prof. Nacho Sanguinetti
Postdoc
Dr. Patrick Monari (Patty) worked on the role of oxytocin during coordinated behaviors of monogamous Peromyscus Californicus. He is joining the lab in April 2025 to study the role of play behavior in the development of monogamous coordination.
Esther Tibi
Asst. Prof. Nacho Sanguinetti
LUCAS DUMARGNE
Master student
Esther Tibi is doing a Master's in ethology at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is joining the lab February 2025 to study the natural behaviors of the Agouti in the panamenian rainforests.
LUCAS DUMARGNE
LUCAS DUMARGNE
LUCAS DUMARGNE
Master student
Lucas Dumargne is a master student from ENS Lyon working on a collaboration with Harvard Junior Fellow Camille Testard applying computational models to the study of brain activity of freely interacting animals.
MM Baker
LUCAS DUMARGNE
MAYA MENDOZA
MM Baker is broadly interested in behavioral ecology and neuroethology, with a focus on how social structures and environmental factors shape cognitive development and behavioral flexibility. They are joining the lab as a Visiting Scholar.
MAYA MENDOZA
LUCAS DUMARGNE
MAYA MENDOZA
Maya is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s University with a degree in Psychology. She has vast experience in animal care and is excited to combine her interests in zoology and cognitive neuroscience as a research specialist in the lab
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YOU! A POSTDOC
YOU! A MASTER's STUDENT
YOU! A PhD STUDENT
We are recruiting postdocs from anywhere in the world. If you are interested in joining a new frontier in natural neuroscience this could be your place!
Get in touch if you are interested in:
Natural Neuroscience
Play
Rodent cognition
Comparative neuroscience
Ecology and genomics
YOU! A PhD STUDENT
YOU! A MASTER's STUDENT
YOU! A PhD STUDENT
We accept PhD students from UPenn Psychology and Biology programs as well as new graduate students from the Neuroscience Graduate Group. If you are in one of these cohorts. Get in touch!
If you are not in a PhD program yet, but you are interested in the lab get in touch so that we figure out what is the best program for you.
YOU! A MASTER's STUDENT
YOU! A MASTER's STUDENT
YOU! A MASTER's STUDENT
You are a Master student looking for an international research experience and a place to write a thesis. Drop us a line! Temporary researchers are always welcome!
Wir spechen auch deutsch, aussi Francais y castellano.
YOU! AN UNDERGRAD
YOU! AN UNDERGRAD
YOU! A MASTER's STUDENT
If you are an undergrad looking for research experience, credits or an honor thesis. Consider joining the lab!