Dr. Natalia Konchakova is a senior scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany. She works in the fields of materials modelling, simulation and characterization of lightweight metals, and digitalization of innovative advanced materials. Natalia is an member of the European Materials Modelling Council, and Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative (IAM-I) representing Hereon in both associations. She was the Chair of the EMMC Organizational Assembly and the co-chair of the working group „Digitalization and Data Management” of AMI 2030. Natalia played an active role in the preparation of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the IAM4EU partnership. 

Dr. Konchakova is the coordinator of Horizon Europe project DigiPass CSA, which is focused on harmonization of advanced materials ecosystems serving strategic innovation markets to pave the way to a Digital Materials & Product Passport (HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01, Grant Agreement No 101138510). DigiPass provides coordination and knowledge sharing across materials development communities.