Daniel Granja obtained his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Geneva in 2020, during which he completed a Swiss-European Mobility Program (SEMP) at the University of Coimbra, PT, where he discovered the world of research as a volunteer research assistant at the ProAction lab (PI: Pr. Jorge Almeida), working in the field of object recognition and the representation and organisation of object-related knowledge.

The same year, he began a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience at the University of Geneva, and joined the Emotion and Memory lab (PI: Ulrike Rimmele, Sup: Monika Riegel). In spring 2021, he returned to the ProAction Lab, in a different team (PI: Óscar Gonçalves) for a 4-month internship in the field of the neuropsychology of consciousness.

On his return in autumn 2021, he began a second Master's degree, in Advanced Research in Psychology, Affective and Cognitive Orientations, which he pursued in parallel with his other Master's degree. During his Master's thesis, he studied the opposing effects of event segmentation and emotions on memory for temporal order and object-context binding, using behavioural and physiological measures and virtual reality.

In addition, Daniel Granja was a Research and Teaching Assistant (ARE) with Nicolas Burra and Domilė Tautvydaitė for a year, working on the role of top-down mechanisms in gaze perception using electroencephalographic (EEG) measurements. In spring 2023, he was also an ARE at the Cognitive Aging Lab (PI: Matthias Kliegel, Sup: Greta Mikneviciute) and worked on the topic of lifelong vulnerability mechanisms in older people: the role of multi-domain reserves.

He concluded his masters and ARE roles in June 2023, and began his position as Teaching and Research Assistant at ESCLab in August 2023, where his duties include assisting with the 'TP: Méthode Expérimentale' and 'Lab Work: Introduction to EEG analysis' courses.

Daniel Granja has also been particularly active in academic associations, notably in the Association des Étudiants.e.x.s en Psychologie (ADEPSY) and the Erasmus Student Network Geneva and Switzerland (ESN).

In April 2024, Daniel officially began his doctoral thesis at the Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School (LNDS), studying the impact of social contexts and emotional facial expressions on the temporal dynamics of attention.