Fleur Smilde

I am grateful to be a PhD student in the CAN lab since September 2025. My main research interest is stress resilience. During my PhD I will work on the DESTRESS project (destress-project.nl). I am eager to study what different factors contribute to better mental health outcomes for individuals, by combining fMRI with daily life stress-related measures.

Prior to joining the CAN-lab, as part of my Cognitive Neuroscience MSc program, I was part of a psychopharmacology project using an SSRI manipulation aiming to get a more comprehensive understanding of the role of serotonin; A neurotransmitter implicated in various mental health disorders.

In my free time I also keep busy: I knit, read, run, and train with a acrobatics/circus group in Nijmegen :)

Contact

• Kapittelweg 29
  6525 EN Nijmegen
  The Netherlands
• Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
  Radboud University Medical Center
  P.O. Box 9101
  6500 HB Nijmegen
  The Netherlands
  
• fleur.smilde@ru.nl