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Shari Wiseman PhD
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Shari Wiseman joined Nature Neuroscience in 2017, and became Chief Editor in 2021. Prior to that, she received her PhD from Yale University, where she worked with Dr. Angus Nairn. She employed biochemical, proteomic, and behavioral approaches to examine signal transduction mechanisms that regulate neuronal protein synthesis. She then went on to postdoctoral research at Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School investigating animal models of autism spectrum disorders, followed by additional postdoctoral training in Dr. Stephen Moss's lab at Tufts University, where she studied the regulation of GABAB receptors by excitotoxic stimuli. Her research interests include cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics/genomics, and addiction. Shari is based in the New York office.
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Leonie Welberg PhD
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Leonie Welberg received her PhD from Edinburgh University and did postdoctoral research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University. Her research focused on the role of stress in the etiology of depression in animal models. Prior to joining Nature Neuroscience, she was an editor at Nature Reviews Neuroscience from 2006-2014, and a locum manuscript editor at Nature in 2015-2016. Leonie's research interests include systems neuroscience, psychiatric disorders, innate behaviors, sleep, and psychedelics. She is also an Advisory Editor for npj Biological Timing and Sleep. Leonie is based in the London office.
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Henrietta Howells PhD
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Henrietta (Etta) Howells joined Nature Neuroscience in 2024 after working as a Senior Editor at Nature Communications. Prior to her editorial career, Etta did postdoctoral research at the University of Milan, integrating neuroimaging and brain stimulation in awake neurosurgery to examine a range of cognitive functions. She received her PhD in neuroimaging from King's College London studying cerebral white matter using diffusion tractography. Her research interests span cognitive neuroscience, as well as systems and network neuroscience. She is based in the London office.
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Luis A. Mejia PhD
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Prior to joining Nature Neuroscience in 2018, Luis A. Mejia was a postdoctoral research fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the lab of Bo Li, where he investigated the function of striatum-projecting orbitofrontal neurons in decision-making behavior in mice. Luis received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he identified novel binding partners and functions for autism spectrum- and intellectual disability-associated proteins in pyramidal neuron development in mice. His research interests include neural circuits in behavior, systems neuroscience, and molecular mechanism and circuits in psychiatric disease. Luis is based in the New York office.
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Qingzhong Ren PhD
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Dr. Qingzhong Ren earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Trained as a neuroscientist, he transitioned from conducting innovative research at the Allen Institute and HHMI to shaping scientific publishing, first as a scientific editor at Cell Reports, and then by joining the Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team in the Nature Portfolio as a Senior Editor in September 2025. Now, he is part of the Nature Neuroscience team, where he reads and evaluates manuscripts focused on brain aging and translational research on neurodegenerative diseases. Qingzhong is dedicated to advancing impactful science through excellent author service and community engagement. He is based in the Shanghai office.
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Ioana Marin PhD
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Ioana Marin joined the Nature Neuroscience team in 2025. She received a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia, where she studied interactions between the brain, gut microbiome, and immune system in animal models of psychological stress and depression. She then went on to pursue postdoctoral training at Stanford University, where she investigated the function of neuronally-expressed immune molecules in postnatal circuit development and plasticity. Ioana’s research interests include neuroimmunology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. She is based in the New York office.
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Will Olson PhD
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Will Olson joined Nature Neuroscience in 2025. Prior to that, he did postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University in the lab of Dan O’Connor, studying flexible proprioceptive representations during task-based sensorimotor control in mice. He completed his PhD in the lab of Wenqin Luo at the University of Pennsylvania, studying the somatotopic organization of pain circuits. His research interests span sensory and motor systems neuroscience as well as computational neuroscience. He is based in the Philadelphia office.
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Ana Uzquiano PhD
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Ana Uzquiano joined Nature Neuroscience in 2025. She received her PhD from Sorbonne University, where she worked with Dr. Fiona Francis. There, she investigated the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying cerebral cortex malformations using mouse models. For her postdoctoral research, she joined the lab of Dr. Paola Arlotta at Harvard University, where she investigated molecular programs of cellular diversification in the human developing cerebral cortex, and mechanisms that, when disrupted, lead to brain disorders. Ana’s research interests include transcriptomics, neurodevelopment and associated disorders, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. She is based in the Madrid office.
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