Overview
Zied Tayeb is the co-founder and chief executive of Myelin-Z, a company he founded in January 2024. He is based in the United Kingdom, and states expertise in brain-computer interfaces, neuromorphic engineering, medical devices, neurotechnology and robotics.
From July 2023 to September 2025 he was an associate professor at the University of Lincoln, having previously been an assistant professor at the Manchester Metropolitan University from January 2022 to July 2023 and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Manchester between January 2021 and August 2023. Earlier he was a science research specialist at the Johns Hopkins University from 2019 to 2020, a visiting research scientist at the National University of Singapore from May 2018 to January 2019, a research scientist on the Human Brain Project from July 2016 to April 2018, and a research assistant at the Université libre de Bruxelles from June 2015 to June 2016.
He completed a PhD in neuroscience at the Technical University of Munich between 2018 and 2022.
Career history
Media & appearances
- SoCS Seminar SeriesYouTubeDr Zied Tayeb Nov 15 2023Zied Tayeb discusses brain machine interfaces (BCIs), covering both noninvasive and invasive approaches that extract brain signals and translate them into commands to control external devices like exoskeletons and prosthetic hands for people with paralysis or mobility loss. He describes his research and companies working on rehabilitation robotics and space applications, providing examples including a tetraplegic patient controlling an exoskeleton to kick a soccer ball at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and a paralyzed woman regaining arm control through a BCI system.
In the news
- Pleased to join Bloomberg’s The Opening Trade today for a live discussion on the UK economy and markets, one day after the Budget. It was a valuable opportunity to hear a range of perspectives on the outlook for the British economy and the decisions shaping its trajectory. The main takeaway: markets treated the Budget as a deliberate non-event. But with fiscal headroom narrowing and difficult choices on spending, defence, and taxation pushed into next year, the real test lies ahead. Thank you to Bloomberg for the invitation.
- A fantastic short visit to Sanofi’s headquarters in Paris. Many thanks to Stefan Harrer, PhD for his warm hospitality and for a memorable rooftop lunch, with exceptional food and splendid views of the City of Light. Always a pleasure to connect and exchange ideas.
- The next great technology race may be fought not only over artificial intelligence, but over the interface between the human brain and machines. This week’s article in The Economist “China wants to get inside your head” lifts the lid on China’s growing ambitions in brain-computer interfaces, from prosthetics and implanted systems to wearable neurotechnology. It is a timely reminder that the field is moving beyond academic laboratories and medical rehabilitation into a much broader range of applications. Having spent the past
- The next great technology race may be fought not only over artificial intelligence, but over the interface between the human brain and machines. This week’s article in The Economist “China wants to get inside your head” lifts the lid on China’s growing ambitions in brain-computer interfaces, from prosthetics and implanted systems to wearable neurotechnology. It is a timely reminder that the field is moving beyond academic laboratories and medical rehabilitation into a much broader range of applications. Having spent the past
- Manchester, September 2026. A few moments from the inaugural NeuroDoctrine Summit. Grateful to everyone who made the journey and helped make these two days so memorable. #NeuroDoctrine #DefenceTechnology #Neurotechnology #HumanMachineTeaming
- Last week, in Manchester, we officially unveiled NeuroDoctrine. What began as an idea is now a new defence venture, a community and, most importantly, a mission: to redefine how human intelligence and intelligent machines operate together in the most demanding environments on Earth. The inaugural NeuroDoctrine Manchester Defence Summit brought together leaders from defence, government, space, academia, investment, and industry for two days of conversation, ideas, and live demonstrations of autonomous drones flown by neural signals
- A remarkable day for neuroscience. The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work on optogenetics. Having spent much of the past decade working at the intersection of neuroscience, AI, and brain–computer interfaces, it is particularly gratifying to see the field receive such recognition. Their work has helped us understand and influence neural circuits underlying memory, emotion, and behaviour, with extraordinary precision, opening new
- What The Economist's BCI Story Doesn't Ask: Does It Work Outside the Operating Theatre? I began working on brain-computer interfaces over a decade ago: first restoring a sense of touch to amputees through prosthetic limbs, with the team at Johns Hopkins and DARPA's Revolutionizing Prosthetics programme, then decoding neural signals to drive robotic arms, exoskeletons, and wheelchairs, in healthcare and in space. The appeal was never futurism. It was a function: turning the brain's electrical noise into something a machine can act on.
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