Constanze Albrecht

Constanze Albrecht is a German researcher and creative technologist working at the intersection of neuroscience, artificial intelligence (AI), human–computer interaction (HCI)   and emerging technology governance. She holds an MSc in Neuro-informatics from ETH/UZH Zurich and dual bachelor’s degrees in Engineering Science and Psychology from TUM and LMU.

Her recent work at the MIT Media Lab focuses on Future You, an AI-driven conversational mentor designed to strengthen people’s sense of future self and agency in career development. More broadly, she explores how personalized and emotionally intelligent AI systems can augment human capabilities and promote human flourishing.

Previously, Constanze's work in Neuro-engineering included investigating intracranial vasculature changes for stroke prediction  with Prof. Ali Ertürk (Best Poster Award, Cambridge Symposium) and mapping visual cortex circuitry through single-neuron labeling at ETH Zurich’s Neurotechnology Lab. In HCI, she explored the effects of brain stimulation on visual search performance at LMU and later worked on 3D object reconstruction from EEG data and multimodal detection of physiological markers for reasoning and conflict at the Fluid Interfaces group at MIT.

Alongside her technical research, she has contributed to policy initiatives on the responsible development of AI and neurotechnology, with her work featured by the European Commission, UNESCO, and Stanford Law School.