Catalin Mitelut is a neuroscientist working on the neuroscience of agency in biological organisms and artificial intelligence systems. He holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia and worked at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, with postdocs at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute and New York University (NYU).

Catalin's research focuses on understanding volitional actions from a whole-brain neural dynamics perspective. He is the founder and CEO of Netholabs, a neuroscience startup that integrates neuro-technologies with artificial intelligence. Netholabs seeks to advance longitudinal neuroethology—and develop the first rodent digital twins and whole-brain-emulation (WBE) models.