Natalia Abrosimova received her Bachelor (1997) and Master (1998) degrees in Economics (with distinction) from St.Petersburg University of Economics and Finance. During her studies she was awarded two scholarships for academic excellence to study at Brunel University, UK (1997) and Uppsala University, Sweden (1998). In 1997 she won a city-wide academic contest organized by St.Petersburg Industry and Construction Bank and was awarded a Personal Stipend for an Outstanding Student. In 1999 she won a country-wide competition for economic research grants, organized by Economics Education and Research Consortium. Currently she is a research student at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research concentrates on nonlinear dynamic system modeling (with applications to financial market analysis). She is particularly interested in chaos theory and artificial intelligence applications to financial time series modeling (e.g. neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic).