Kia Nazarpour

Kia Nazarpour is Chief Strategy Officer at Neuranics and Chair of Digital Health at the University of Edinburgh. His work spans advanced sensing technologies, AI-enabled wearables, human-machine interaction, and digital health innovation, with a strong focus on translating breakthrough research into commercially deployable technologies. 

At Neuranics, Kia plays a strategic role in the development and commercialisation of next-generation magnetic sensing platforms that combine proprietary tunnelling magnetoresistance (TMR) sensors, custom ASICs, and edge AI to achieve picoTesla-scale sensing performance in compact semiconductor devices. Working closely with global technology partners and leading companies across multiple sectors, he helps guide the application of these technologies in consumer electronics, XR, healthcare, robotics, and human-machine interaction. 

Alongside his industry leadership, Kia is an internationally recognised researcher in digital health and wearable technologies, with more than 200 scientific publications and extensive experience leading multidisciplinary innovation programmes. He is also co-founder of Rebel Bionics, a company developing digitally enabled prosthetic technologies. 

With over two decades of experience spanning academia, innovation, and technology commercialisation, Kia is passionate about turning advanced sensing research into products that transform how people interact with the digital and physical worlds.