Mirthe initially joined the EPAN lab as an intern under the supervision of Anna Tyborowska and Bob Bramson, studying pubertal testosterone and structural connectivity in the emotion control circuit. However, after finishing her master in Cognitive Neuroscience, she decided to stick around by working as a research assistant on the SpeakUp!2.0 project from Mariana Carneiro de Andrade. This project investigates whether non-invasive brain stimulation in the form of tACS can be used to improve exposure treatment for people with fear of public speaking. You will often find Mirthe in the labs where she acquires imaging, behavioural, and physiological data during the numerous testing sessions. Next to that, she takes on a list of organizational and administrational tasks for the project such as participant recruitment, training new team members, scheduling testing sessions and meetings, and all around trying to make the project run as smoothly as possible.