Yulia Kovas

She received a degree in literature and linguistics as well as teaching qualifications from the State Pedagogical University of St Petersburg, Russia in 1996 and taught children of all ages for 6 years.

[2] Kovas' InLab, conducts international, interdisciplinary research into individual differences in cognition, motivation, achievement and other educationally relevant traits.

[12][13]  She leads several large-scale studies that combine different methods (quantitative and molecular genetics; experimental psychology; neuroscience) with unique samples, including twins; longitudinal cohorts of families with children conceived through IVF; adolescents exhibiting extraordinary performance in the domains of science, music, art and sports; populations with different socio-demographic and educational environments.

[14]   Professor Kovas teaches and leads research projects at many international universities and is also a co-founder of the Accessible Genetics Consortium that aims to promote greater knowledge and beneficial use of etiological information.

[15] Kovas' book Oedipus Rex in the Genomic Era, co-authored with Fatos Selita, explores the benefits and risks brought by advances in genetic science.