{"id":7776,"date":"2026-05-28T15:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/?p=7776"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:45:59","slug":"natalia-cotic-3rd-year-cosmos-phd-candidate-finalist-at-london-hopper-colloquium-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/?p=7776","title":{"rendered":"Natalia Cotic, 3rd year COSMOS PhD candidate, finalist at London Hopper Colloquium 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1499\" height=\"1167\" src=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hopper-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7779\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2844957350727546;width:575px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hopper-1-edited.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hopper-1-edited-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hopper-1-edited-768x598.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday 21st May, Natalia Cotic, 3rd year PhD candidate in the COSMOS group presented her work as one of 12 Research Spotlight Finalists at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/engineering\/events\/2026\/may\/london-hopper-colloquium-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London Hopper Colloquium 2026<\/a> at the UCL East campus. The event provides a platform for women in computer science to showcase their research, network with other new researchers, and take part in the research spotlight competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Natalia Cotic&#039;s Research Spotlight at the London Hopper Colloquium 2026\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QodWeSc6prw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Natalia presented her PhD research in a talk titled &#8220;<strong>Music-based cardiovascular therapeutics: How music entrains physiology<\/strong>&#8220;.  The research investigates how music structure shapes autonomic physiology and explores its potential for precision cardiovascular therapeutics. The work showed that the body\u2019s cardiovascular rhythms can synchronise with phrase structures in music, especially predictable changes in loudness. Across two studies, physiological responses such as heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and HRV aligned with objective musical patterns more than chance, suggesting that carefully structured music could one day support scalable, personalised cardiovascular therapies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"7794\" src=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5938-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5938-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5938-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5938-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5938-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5938-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"7793\" src=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5939-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5939-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5939-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5939-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5939-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5939-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Natalia also had the distinction of winning the ice-breaker prize for successfully locating people who fit given criteria in about 25 boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"7782\" src=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6459.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6459.jpg 810w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6459-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6459-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"7783\" src=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6462.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6462.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6462-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cosmos.isd.kcl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6462-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-white-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-white-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year&#8217;s Hopper had a strong showing from King&#8217;s College London.  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