Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D

Nataliya is a research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

She is passionate about an idea of creating a partnership between AI and human intelligence, fusion of a machine and a human brain. She obtained her Ph.D in 2015 in the domain of non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) as a part of EHCI team of Université Grenoble-Alpes, France. Nataliya joined MIT Media Lab - Fluid Interfaces group in 2017. Nataliya worked for the past 13 years on designing solutions to control drones, rolling robots, home appliances using brain activity. Nataliya won multiple awards for her work, among which is L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science award she received in 2016. Nataliya was also named as one of 10 Top French Talent 2017 from MIT Innovators Under 35. 

Since 2016 Nataliya is also interested in closed-loop systems using real-time biofeedback to enhance and augment human performance, particularly attention and focus.