Miss Daria Shumkova
Miss Daria Shumkova
Postgraduate Student
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
I’m a PhD student at Monash University’s Neurobionics Laboratory, where I work on brain implants aiming to restore vision. Before my PhD I lived and worked in Russia, the Netherlands, France, and Japan – and along the way, I’ve had the chance to work with some pretty unusual research subjects: mice, squids, and even humans.
Ultimately, I’m interested in what neural interfaces can teach us about the brain – not just how to fix it, but how it works.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, Maastricht University, 2022
- Master of Science, Paris-Saclay University, 2024
Research Interests
- Brain implants
- Intracortical electrodes
- Brain stimulation
Research Articles
- Mano, T., Tsaridis, K., Kojima, Y., Masucci, G. D., Dinh, T. T. V., Tong, R., Glykos, V., Dolezalova, L., Asada, K., Shumkova, D., Rogers, L. S., Hamon, M., Santon, M., Hiroi, M., Iglesias, T. L., Bellono, N. W., How, M. J., Goda, Y., Meshulam, L., & Reiter, S. (2026). Hierarchical processing and polarization encoding in the cephalopod visual system. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.08.698312
Conference Papers and Abstracts
- Shumkova, D., Jiang, X., Price, N., & Wong, Y. T. (2026). Improving cortical visual prostheses: Current steering enables selective neuronal activation [Oral presentation]. Australasian Bioelectronics, Neurosensing and Neuromodulation Symposium (ABNNS 2026), UNSW Sydney.
- Shumkova, D. (2025). Improving stimulation methods in cortical visual prosthesis [Conference poster presentation]. Presented at the Computational Interaction Summer School 2025, organized by Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique.
- Shumkova, D., & Pananceau, M. (2023). Cortico-claustral interplay in the control of brain states [Conference oral presentation]. EUGLOH Summer School in Neuroscience: From Neural Stem Cells to Artificial Intelligence in Neuroscience, Paris-Saclay University.
- Shumkova, D., VanderBroeck, L. W. A. J., Hassan, A., Renne, I. W. S., Pereira Bourlios, K., Baggerman, K., Daanen, A. S., Speldenbrink, J. B., Moharam, H. E., Beuque, M. P. L., Keek, S., & Woodruff, H. C. A. (2022). Prediction of tumour primary site based on brain metastases using deep learning. In Book of Abstracts of the 29th ISCOMS (International Student Congress of (bio)Medical Sciences). https://iscoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BoA-2022-definitief-af-7-juni-2022.pdf
- Shumkova, D., & Ehrhart, F. (2022). Converging pathways and risk genes in 2q copy number variation syndromes associated with neuropathologies. In Book of Abstracts of the Dutch Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference (BioSB 2022). https://bit.ly/BioSB2022
- Shumkova, D., & van Ooijen, P. (2022). Lung nodule mask extraction using CT scans from the LIDC-IDRI dataset [Conference oral presentation]. ISCOMS Research Fellowship Program.
- Passariello-Jansen, J., Thielecke, E., Rubina, M., Granston, L., Björnör, S., Bonni, S., van de Schoot, M., Shumkova, D., Sébert, C., Robeerts, L., Markus, L., Haikarainen, R., Kosta, R., Heidt, B., & Steen Redeker, E. (2020). Creation of the siRNA insecticide against an invasive oak caterpillar [Conference oral presentation]. iGEM Grand Jamboree.
Theses
- Shumkova, D. (2022). Converging pathways and risk genes in 2q copy number variation syndromes associated with neuropathologies (Bachelor’s thesis, Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences). Supervisor: F. Ehrhart, Department of Bioinformatics.
- Shumkova, D. (2024). Decoding attention trajectories from MEG data (Master’s thesis, Université Paris-Saclay, Master’s Program in Computational Neurosciences and Neuroengineering). Research project conducted at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences Marc Jeannerod under the supervision of S. Ben Hamed and M. Bonnefond.
Teaching Commitments
- BMS1031 - Medical biophysics
- BMS1052 - Human neurobiology
- BMS2031 - Human physiology
Awards and Scholarships
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) Travel Grant • [2026]
- Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS) • [2024] – [2028]
- Monash International Tuition Scholarship (MITS) • [2024] – [2028]
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Research Internship Scholarship • [2024]
- Mitacs Globalink Research Internship (GRI) Summer Scholarship • [2023]
- Eiffel excellence scholarship recipient • [2022] – [2024]
- First place oral presentation plenary session winner in International Student congress of (bio)medical students (ISCOMS) • [2022]
- First Year Jury award in International Student congress of (bio)medical students (ISCOMS) • [2022]
- ISCOMS Research Fellowship (IRF) • [2022]
- Silver medal in undergraduate track IGEM and personal certificate • [2021]
- Prize in Biological Competition of Sankt Petersburg University • [2019]
- Prize in Biological Lomonosov Competition of Moscow Lomonosov
State University • [2019] - Prizes in Moscow round of Russian National Biological Olympiad • [2019]
- Prize in the School Biological Competition of Moscow Lomonosov State University • [2018]
Last modified: 04/06/2026