Charlotte Boccara

Dr. Charlotte Boccara is a Group Leader at the University of Oslo, leading the Charlotte Boccara Group focused on Systems Neuroscience & Sleep. Her research addresses the neural mechanisms of sleep in cognitive development, funded by the European Union (ERC), and bridges Developmental Neurobiology, Systems Neuroscience, and Sleep Research.

• Education: PhD in Neurobiology (NTNU, 2014), MSc/BSc from Université Marie et Pierre Curie
• Research Experience: 2019–Present - Project Manager for SleepCog, 2018–2019 - Marie Curie Fellow, 2006–2012 - PhD Candidate at Kavli Institute

Her work emphasizes computational methods to analyze neural representations in adult and developing brains, with key projects on SleepCog (2024–2029) mapping sleep oscillations in rat pups using in vivo recordings and optogenetics.

Recent publications (2025–2008) span topics like:

• Autophagy and Sleep (2025)
• Parahippocampal Speed Cells (2022)
• Egocentric Boundary Representation (2019)
• Hippocampal Replay Mechanisms (2017)

Scientific awards include:

• 2019 Young Research Talents (UiO)
• 2018 Marie Curie MSCA-IF Fellowship
• 2017 MRC CNDD Seed Funds
• 2006 NTNU Doctoral Fellowship

She teaches physiology and comparative anatomy at the University of Oslo and collaborates with institutions like IST Austria, King’s College London, and SINTEF. Her lab includes researchers such as Alessandro Arena, Solomiia Korchynska, and Lina Okinina.