Natsumi Komatsu

Natsumi Komatsu
Natsumi Komatsu she/her/hers
  • Assistant Professor

Primary Research Area

  • Neural Engineering

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Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University (2022)
  • B.Eng., Applied Physics, Keio University, Japan (2017)

Academic Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, (2026 - present)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley (2023-2026)

Research Interests

  • Applications of biosensors in neuroscience
  • Live-cell imaging
  • Nanomaterials, Biosensors
  • Neural Engineering

Primary Research Area

  • Neural Engineering

Research Honors

  • Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) Postdoctoral-to-Faculty Transition Fellowship, Burroughs Wellcome Fund (2024)
  • Rising Stars in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2024)
  • Future Leaders in Bioengineering, Rice University (2024)
  • Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2023)
  • Cornell Future Faculty Symposium, Cornell University (2023)
  • Schmidt Science Fellows, Schmidt Futures (2022)

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