Prof Zoe Kourtzi

Zoe Kourtzi is a Professor of Cognitive Computational Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. Zoe’s research aims to understand the role of lifelong learning and brain plasticity in enabling humans of all ages to translate sensory experience into adaptive behaviour. Her computational work aims to develop predictive models, powered by AI, for neurodegenerative and mental health disorders with translational impact in early diagnosis and personalised interventions. Zoe received her PhD from Rutgers University and was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT and Harvard. She was a Senior Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics and then a Chair in Brain Imaging at the University of Birmingham, before moving to the University of Cambridge in 2013. She is a Royal Society Industry Fellow, Responsible AI fellow, Cambridge University Lead at the Alan Turing Institute, Co-director of Cambridge’s Centre for Data Driven Discovery, and Lead of the BrainHealthx Hub.