Germany

UX Research

Generalist Product Management

Master’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Natalia Filvarova

UX Researcher

Public Speaking

Qualitative research

Communication

Problem-solving

Empathy

Presentation skills

Market research

User research

Canva

ChatGPT

Miro

Lead the development of a physical test kit, as well as an accompanying digital application, to evaluate the olfactory capacities of people.
Drove the product towards securing seed funding of €1M.

Creating multisensory and mindful experiences for space food and beyond.

As a research and design lead I drove efforts towards creating unique foods for space flight, in collaboration with researchers, chefs and designers.

I planned, designed, and conducted projects in the field of multisensory perception of products and foods. Particularly interested in the intersection of olfactory and visual senses, I focused on neuromarketing and brain imaging techniques to understand their interaction.

Worked in molecular epigenetics with mouse models, until I realized that a basic science is not my cup of tea :)

I give lectures on the topics of sensory perception, multisensory design, cognitive biases and human behaviour.
I spoke at events  and companies such as:

TEDx
14x5
Rotaract
UNITE 2030
HelloFresh
dev.pro
Human Brain Project (EU)
Deutsches Museum, Munich
Biotopia Museum, Munich
LMU Munich
University of Oxford
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
The Quirk's Event
iScientist
and others

Founder of the 1st in Germany neuroscience summer camp, breaking the barriers to science for high school students from all over the world & helping them discover neuroscience and scientific research.
As of 2020, we are the 1st in the world school to bring a physical lab to kids all over the world (from Russia to Brazil), completely free of charge and with the support of real neuroscientists.

Worked with electron microscopy: sample preparation and imaging.

Working on synaptic / connectivity changes in memory formation, erasure and overwriting in mouse models of anxiety using MRI (fMRI, DTI and spectroscopy).

Studied brain activity during viewing and learning of a bimanual naturalistic task, using human fMRI and behavioural analysis.

- I was a research assistant in the Computational Psychopathology Laboratory (led by Professor Robin A. Murphy) at the Department of Experimental Psychology
- My main responsibilities included recruitment of healthy participants and data collection through administering a series of computerised learning tasks and personality questionnaires to the participants.

- I assisted with data collection for the Oxford Centre for the Study of Intergroup Conflict (led by Professor Miles Hewstone) 
- I observed and recorded seating and communication patterns of students, in a natural setting during lunch breaks. Additionally, I collected data to compute the student's social networks by administering questionnaires in ethnically merged schools.

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