Nina Miolane

Biography & Research

Nina directs the Geometric Intelligence Lab, whose goal is to reveal the geometric signatures of natural and artificial intelligence and to build next–generation intelligent systems: Geometric AI. On the one hand, her lab develops AI models that quantify brain health from data sources ranging from brain MRIs to neural recordings. On the other hand, the AI models themselves can act as computational models of the brain, also called digital twins. All in all, her research harnesses the power of AI to study brains through health and disease. 

Research fundings include an NSF Career Award, an NIH R01 grant, a NSF SCALE MoDL grant, Google Season of Code and Noyce Initiative UC Partnerships grant. Nina was the recipient of the L'Oréal-Unesco for Women in Science Award, the Hellman Fellow award and is involved in outreach initiatives in France and in the U.S. At UCSB, Nina's work was recognized by an Academic Senate Faculty Grant and a UC Regent's Junior Faculty Award. Nina is also Director of AI for the Ann S. Bowers' Women's Brain Health Initiative.