ZERO IN ON HOW TO BE A NEUROSCIENTIST
LED BY MARIANNA

DR. MARIANNA KAPSETAKI

NEUROSCIENTIST, MEDICAL DOCTOR, CONCERT PIANIST

Heraklion, Greece

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Marianna Kapsetaki obtained a PhD (no corrections) in Neuroscience from Imperial College London and then a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at University College London. She has conducted research mainly on memory, stroke, and eating disorders. Her research has been featured in international media outlets such as The Guardian.

She has been presented with multiple awards/scholarships in her career as a neuroscientist such as:

• the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation PhD scholarship,
• the Leventis Foundation PhD scholarship,
• a grant from the Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust,
• the Hilda Martindale UK Award,
• the People’s Choice Award “Best Poster” at the Meeting of the Minds Conference at Imperial College London,
• Dean's Internship Award at Imperial College London,
• and grants from the Laidlaw Foundation, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and the Guarantors of Brain.

In 2019, one of her studies was selected Paper of the Year by Springer Nature. Marianna was runner-up of the Rising Star Award by the Organisation for Psychological Research into Stroke (World Federation for Neurorehabilitation), and was a finalist for the Next Generation Women Leaders Award by McKinsey, the Greek International Women Award in Science & Technology, and the UK Women of the Future Award in Science.

She has taught as Guest Lecturer at UCL, and has mentored/supervised students at Imperial College London, UCL and several programs including the New York Academy of Sciences program. She has been invited to give over 60 talks/ presentations, including at:

• Harvard University,
• University of Oxford,
• Fifteen Seconds Festival (Graz and Istanbul),
• and TEDx

Additionally, Marianna has been involved in multiple outreach activities such as translating the book “Enlighten your clock: How your body tells time”.

She is an Editorial Board Member of the journal Health Science Reports  and has reviewed over 100 manuscripts for 25 other international scientific journals, including Neurology and Brain Communications.

Marianna is part of the committee of the ENCODS neuroscience conference 2023 and the early-career committee of Division 3 of the American Psychological Association. She is a member of numerous organizations including:

• OPSYRIS
• British Neuropsychological Society
• Australian Chapter of the OHBM
• Cognitive Science Society
• Dementia Researcher
• BraiNY Bunch Virtual Journal Club
• Knowledge Bridges GR
• 500 Women Scientists
• International Youth Neuroscience Association
• Forbes Women Forum
• WISE Campaign
• Psychonomic Society
• American Psychological Society
• Scottish Dementia Research Consortium
• Clinical Neuroscience Society of St George’s (University of London)

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Dr. Marianna Kapsetaki