“You see, I’m already a nobody, why work so hard to be one?” From a Bektashi joke

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Yasir Çatal

PhD student

Yasir is originally an MD from Turkey. After working at a public health unit doing contact tracing on COVID patients and relatives, he started his PhD in neuroscience in 2022. He is working on neuronal dynamics, with a particular focus on autocorrelation of neuronal signals in rest and task states. In his work he is combining neuroimaging with biophysical models. 

In his free time, Yasir is a musician in Dog in the Burning House and Epitaph.