Méadhbh B. Brosnan
Principle Investigator
Méadhbh is an Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow at the University College Dublin School of Psychology and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University in Melbourne. Prior to joining UCD, she trained at a range of institutions including Maastricht University, Netherlands (Research MSc), Trinity College Dublin (PhD), Monash University, Melbourne (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), and the University of Oxford (Marie Skłodowska–Curie Fellow).
Current Graduate Students
Daniel J. Pearce
PhD candidate (Clinical Neuropsychology)
Daniel is interested in understanding how brain dysfunction gives rise to behavioural and cognitive impairment. His current research is looking at the electrophysiological signatures underlying contralesional response speed deficits following stroke in an international collaborative project between Monash, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Oxford, and Trinity College Dublin. He is based at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Melbourne, co-supervised by Mark Bellgrove and Méadhbh
Jake E. Toth
PhD candidate (Signal Engineering)
Jake holds an undergraduate degree in Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering and a Master’s degree in Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience. He is working on enhancing vigilant attention in humans with non-invasive brain stimulation. Currently, Jake is focused on making non-invasive brain stimulation more scalable and personalised to the individual. He is based at the Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Department, University of Sheffield, UK, co-supervised by Mahnaz Arvaneh and Méadhbh
Claire Flynn
MSc student (Behavioural Neuroscience)
Claire completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Neuroscience and has a keen interest in all things brain and behaviour. She is focused on understanding the role of neural processes in making us who we are and is fascinated by how our behaviour/cognition can change through experience, new environments, or following unfortunate cases of brain damage. Her postgraduate thesis at UCD investigates cognitive reserve and how engaging with enriched environments can offer protection from cognitive decline following brain deterioration.
Recent Graduate Students (2021/2022)
Co-supervised w/ Kia Nobre at Brain & Cognition Lab, Oxford
From left to right
Merethe Blandhol – MSc Psychological Research
current PhD candidate at Oslo University Hospital
Xiaotong (Nancy) Ding – MSc Clinical & Therapeutic Neuroscience
Itzel Aguilar Gonzalez – MSc CTN
current DPhil candidate at Oxford
Christos Kyriakidis – MSc CTN
Lab Collaborators
University of Sheffield UK
Mark Bellgrove
Monash University, Melbourne
Jessica Bramham
University College Dublin
Magda Chechlacz
University of Birmingham, UK
Nele Demeyere
University of Oxford
Paul Dockree
Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin
Alex Fornito
Monash Brain Imaging Centre, Melbourne
Clare Mackay
University of Oxford
Jason Mattingley
Queensland Brain Institute, Australia
Anna C. (Kia) Nobre
University of Oxford, UK
Redmond O’Connell
Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin
Ian Robertson
Global Brain Health Institute, Dublin