Natalia M. Sikora

Hi! I’m Natalia M. Sikora, an EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellow in AI, a freelance ML / data scientist, and a PhD candidate in the Department of Physics (thesis defended, working on corrections). I recently finished my PhD project as a member of an AIMLAC programme (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Advanced Computing), focusing on cancer research. During the past few years, I specialised in multimodal data fusion methods, Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), multiomics, signal preprocessing approaches, statistics, and bioinformatics.

I graduated from a University of Nottingham in 2020, with a BSc Hons in Biochemistry. Both, my PhD and my undergraduate degree provide me with a unique skillset, with a deep understanding of computational biology and AI applications in medicine.

During my PhD, I have published in Nature (co-author, bioinformatics), EurIPS-25 (first-author, graph-transformer paper), AAAI-25 B1 (first-author, multimodal data fusion, XAI, DL, clinical expert system), among others. I am currently in the process of publishing 7 additional research papers.

I have a proven track record of working across all stages of the ML pipeline, including data collection, quality control, preprocessing, modelling, and reporting. Furthermore, I enjoy doing research, data analytics, and exploring applications of AI in society. To date, I had the honour of contributing to multiple charity projects delivering data-driven insights for social impact. I am experienced in project management (agile methodologies like scrum, kanban, teams up to 12 - 14 people), data modelling, and data engineering. In my work, I focus on creating a welcoming, honest, collaborative atmosphere and I bring a positive, team-oriented approach to fast-paced environments.

In my free time, you can find me hiking with my dog, hitting the gym, painting, horse riding, doing yoga, modelling the stock market —-> trading stocks and practising krav maga.

This website is where you can find my blog posts, learn about my research, publications, various projects I participated in, and a selection of my art/photography!