HBI Career Chats invite neuroscientists in a wide range of careers to share their career trajectories with young investigators. This session is organized in partnership with the Program in Neuroscience careers course and will be fully in-person.

Mariela Zirlinger, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Neuron

A Career in Science Publishing: My Experience With Neuron

Mariela Zirlinger has been an editor with Cell Press since 2011, first as a scientific editor and since 2017 as the Editor-in-Chief of Neuron. Neuron publishes outstanding research in neuroscience, from molecular to systems-level, including cognitive and theoretical domains. The journal also commissions reviews and commentaries to highlight themes, synthesize insights and also serves as a platform to promote discussions at the interface of science and society. Mariela’s scientific training is in mouse genetics, behavior, and molecular and developmental neurobiology. Before joining Neuron, Mariela was a postdoc at Harvard. She completed her Ph.D. in Neurobiology at Caltech, after studying Chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This session is organized in partnership with the Program in Neuroscience careers course.

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