Dr Nicoletta Nicolaou' research focuses on the interactions between the central, autonomic, and enteric nervous systems in both health and disease, exploring mechanisms such as the gut microbiome, brain-gut axis, and vagal pathways. Her primary expertise lies in biomedical signal processing and machine learning, applied to the field of neuroscience. Her main research interests include investigating the interplay of nervous system activity during anaesthetic-induced (un)consciousness, sleep, epilepsy, neurodegeneration, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Additional interests include medical assessment and, more recently, the emerging field of Neurocriminology – the intersection of neuroscience and criminology.