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Nathalie Nevejans is a pioneering legal scholar and researcher whose work sits at the critical intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and law. Specializing in the ethical, regulatory, and legal frameworks governing emerging technologies, she has made substantial contributions to one of the most consequential debates of our time: how society should govern AI and autonomous systems in high-stakes domains, particularly surgical robotics. Her most influential work, "Legal, regulatory, and ethical frameworks for development of standards in artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous robotic surgery" (2018), has accumulated over 415 citations, reflecting its outsized impact on both academic and policy discussions. In it, Nevejans tackles complex questions spanning civil liability, medical malpractice, privacy, and international law as they apply to autonomous surgical systems — a field where legal ambiguity carries life-or-death consequences. Her subsequent research extended these foundations into operational frameworks and explainable AI in invasive diagnostics, demonstrating a consistent commitment to making advanced medical technology both safe and accountable. Writing across French and English, Nevejans also addresses broader public questions about human protection in a robotic age, as seen in her 2017 French-language work. Her scholarship is essential reading for anyone navigating the legal and ethical frontiers of AI in medicine.