Aikaterini Fotopoulou

Professor of Psychodynamic Neuroscience in the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London

Professor Aikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou is Professor of Psychodynamic Neuroscience in the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London. Her interdisciplinary research explores the relationship between mind, brain and body, with particular interests in interoception, bodily self-awareness, emotions, memory, pain and consciousness. Her work examines how bodily and social experiences shape our sense of self, including in neurological and psychiatric conditions such as stroke, functional neurological disorders, chronic pain and eating disorders. She leads research spanning cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology and psychodynamic approaches, and has received major research funding including European Research Council grants. She is President of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.