Mikhail Lebedev is a neurophysiologist, developer of brain-machine interfaces, author of >100 papers, and editor of journals and books. M.Sci. in biophysics from MIPT, PhD in Neurobiology from UT, postdocs at SISSA and NIMH, currently at Duke Center for Neuroengineering and HSE. Research interests: motor control, electrocorticography, neurophysiology of cortex and basal ganglia, and neural prostheses. Lebedev won Spotlight Award and a Megagrant from the government of Russia.