The Ludmer Centre is guided through the leadership of our Scientific Director, who provides strategic direction. This vision is supported by our co-scientific leads, who help steer the Centre’s core research areas.
The centre also provides a supportive and collaborative framework to a growing number of principal investigators and early career researchers, who are leading experts in their respective fields.
Together, our scientists foster interdisciplinary and international collaborations and promote cutting-edge research initiatives within and beyond the centre.
Scientific Director
Claudia Kleinman, PhD
Since February 2026, Prof Kleinman is the Scientific Director of the Ludmer Centre.
Alan Evans
Alan Evans, Ph D, provides leadership for the Neuroinformatics and Neuroimaging research themes.
Patricia Pelufo Silveira
Patricia Pelufo Silveira, MD, PhD, provides leadership for the Genomic and Epigenetic research theme.
Gustavo Turecki
Gustavo Turecki, M D, PhD, provides leadership for the Single-cell genomics research theme.
Rosemary Bagot
Rosemary Bagot, PhD, focuses on stress, depression and resiliency.
Loïc Binan
Loïc Binan, PhD. studies gene networks and cell re-organization.
Charles P. Couturier
Charles Couturier, MD, PhD, studies brain tumours.
Cecilia Flores
Cecilia Flores, PhD, studies adolescent brain development.
Celia Greenwood
Celia Greenwood, PhD, develops statistical methods to integrate diverse datasets.
Yasser Iturria-Medina
Yasser Iturria-Medina, PhD, studies multiscale and multifactorial brain models.
Sherif Karama
Sherif Karama, MD, PhD, combines neuroimaging and genetics to study intelligence.
Tina Montreuil
Tina Montreuil, PhD, researches the health of families during pregnancy and childhood.
Corina Nagy
Corina Nagy, PhD, focuses on major depression by utilizing single-cell technology.
Jean-Baptiste Poline
Jean-Baptiste Poline, PhD, studies functional neuroimaging and neuroinformatics.
Simon Thebault
Simon Thebault, MD, PhD, studies multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology
Stephanie Zandee
Stephanie Zandee, PhD, studies multiple sclerosis at the single-cell level.
