Affiliation: Shenzhen MSU-BIT University; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

Lev Yakovlev, PhD, is a neurophysiologist who specializes in motor learning, neuroplasticity, mental and tactile imagery, and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). He earned his PhD from Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he also completed his MSc and BSc with honors. His doctoral research focused on the formation of coordinated motor acts through motor imagery within BCI paradigms.

Lev is a senior research scientist and a lecturer at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) and Shenzhen MSU-BIT University. His primary focus is on tactile imagery and sensorimotor interactions. His recent work has advanced our understanding of EEG event-related desynchronization (ERD) and corticospinal excitability during tactile imagery, with implications for neurorehabilitation and BCI development. 

He has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications on EEG, fNIRS, and TMS-based studies, exploring mental imagery, mirror neuron system activity, and neuromodulation. Lev also supervises PhD and MSc students working on tactile imagery research using multimodal neurophysiological techniques.