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Lab Members

Philip (Pip) Coen
Pip started the lab in Nov 2023, confident in his ability to recruit a team of superior minds (i.e. other minds). When not sciencing, he enjoys boardgames, squash, and (arguably) superfluous 3D printing.

Philip (Pip) Coen

Group Leader
Ainiah Masood
First lab member! Although they do not like coffee, rich tea biscuits, or 3D printing, so…? When not sciencing, they consume an alarming number of movies and books, and generate the vast majority of lab quotes.

Ainiah Masood

PhD Student
Gerion (Gary) Nabbefeld
First lab postdoc! After Gary joined, the number of rigs, workflows, and abandoned coffees multiplied. When not sciencing, he tinkers with wood and electronics (so… still sciencing), video games, and films.

Gerion (Gary) Nabbefeld

Research Fellow
Jenkin Zhang
Our first undergrad! Joined the lab for a summer, and stayed on for a third year project. When not sciencing, he enjoys competitive frisbee–perhaps too competitive based on the injury-rate!

Jenkin Zhang

Undergraduate
Thomas (Tom) Childs
Joined the lab to build a new audiovisual VR environment–presumably to escape the terrible reality of his chosen lab… When not sciencing, he plays badminton, tennis, and boardgames.

Thomas (Tom) Childs

PhD Student
Hamid Türker
Traveled from the USA to build tools for freely-moving AV mouse experiments–involving slightly more 3D printing than anticipated… When not sciencing, he plays guitar, and enjoys films, theater, and Scifi.

Hamid Türker

Research Fellow
Xinran (Ryan) Shen
Our first RA! Thanks to lab refurbishment, this started with a more A and less R than he was promised, but I'm sure the rich tea biscuits make up for it… When not sciencing he enjoys not filling out his hobbies on the lab page.

Xinran (Ryan) Shen

Lab Technician

Collaborators

Célian Bimbard
Pip and Célian have collaborated for many years–for Célian, it feels like many more. Célian contributes to ongoing decision-making projects. When not sciencing, he enjoys hiking without Slack access…

Célian Bimbard

Research Fellow
Max Hunter
Providing electrical engineering and audio expertise to the Coen Lab before it even opened! All our (functional) PCBs are Max-Products. When not sciencing, he flys planes and engages in esoteric audio-art installations.

Max Hunter

Electrical Engineer
NeuroGEARS
Without NeuroGEARS, it is fair to say our Audiovisual Virtual Reality would be 100% virtual… They continue to consult on ongoing projects, provide weekly support services, and helicopter in to solve Bonsai-coding problems.

NeuroGEARS

Industry Partner

Alumni

Qimin Wu
Now a Research Assistant at the Keshavarzi Lab, University of Cambridge.

Qimin Wu

Masters 2025
Tim Sit
Now a Postdoc at the Duan Lab, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL.

Tim Sit

Co-Sup PhD 2023–2025
Flóra Takács
Now a Postdoc at the Znamenskiy Lab, Francis Crick Institute.

Flóra Takács

Co-Sup PhD 2023–2025