معرفی
Moji Aghajani is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, specializing in the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and developmental/clinical psychology. His research focuses on neurobiological underpinnings of externalizing/internalizing psychopathologies in youth using neuroimaging, epigenetics, and experimental psychology techniques.
- Education:
- BSc Psychology (Cum Laude), Leiden University
- Research MSc Clinical Psychology (Cum Laude), Leiden University
- PhD in Developmental Psychopathology, LUMC Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Research Trends: Combines neuroimaging, machine learning, and multimodal data to study brain-behavior relationships in conduct disorder, depression, and trauma. Advocates for open science through ENIGMA consortium collaborations.
Teaching: Instructs courses on developmental psychopathology, diagnostics, and empirical research methods in the BSc Pedagogical Sciences and MSc Education and Child Studies programs.
- Scientific Awards:
- Multiple ECNP travel awards (2012-2019)
- ECNP Young Promising Scientist Fellowship (2018)
- Leiden University Van de Geer Award (2012)
- Best Research MSc Thesis, Leiden Institute of Psychology
- Grants:
- NWO grant (2023)
- ZonMw grant (2022)
- Amsterdam Neuroscience grants (2017-2018)
- Orebro University External Research Grant (2017)
