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4th Annual Neuroscience & Society Virtual Career Fair

September 14-15, 2026
4-6 pm PT / 5-7 pm MT / 6-8 pm CT / 7-9 pm ET

The 4th Annual Career Fair in Neuroscience & Society provides an opportunity to learn from and network with leading experts and practitioners in neuroscience and society. Come to learn about how you can get involved and pursue careers in these fields.

The 2026 Career Fair will span 2 days. On Monday, September 14, we will focus on neuroscience and society fields such as neuroeducation, neurolaw, neuroethics, neuroeconomics, and many more. On Tuesday, September 15 we will focus on jobs and careers in neurotechnology and offer attendees an opportunity to meet with representatives from industry and from leading graduate programs in neuroscience.

Register on Zoom and save the event dates in your calendar.

Program

Monday, September 14, 2026

  • 7-8 pm ET – Panel: Charting Successful Careers in Neuroscience & Society
  • 8-9 pm ET – Breakout Rooms: Opportunity to speak in small groups with leading experts

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

  • 7-8 pm ET – Panel: Pathways to Neuroscience Graduate School and Industry Careers in Neurotech
  • 8-9 pm ET – Breakout Rooms: Meet in small groups to speak with Neuroscience Graduate Programs and Neurotech Industry Leaders

Speakers

Julissa Andrade

Neuroarts

Artist

Chinmayi Balusu

Neuroethics

Founder and CEO, Simply Neuroscience

Meredith Banasiak

Neuroarchitecture

Director of Research, BA ; Board of Directors, Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA)

Deanna Barch

Neuroscience Training

Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Public Health and Society, Vi…

Sara Berger

Neurotech Industry; Neuroethics

IBM Director, Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab Senior Research Scientist & AI Ethics Focal Point, IBM R…

Colleen Berryessa

Neurocriminology

Asst. Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University

Susan Boehnke

Neuroscience Graduate Programs

Director, NeuroTech Microcredential Program and Neurotech Discovery Lab; Founding Member, Connected…

Diego Borbón

Neuroethics

Professor and Researcher, Center for Studies on Genetics and Law; Director of the Research Group in …

Marietjie Botes

Neuroethics & Neurotech

Legal researcher, BRIDGE Brain Data Governance Project at the University of Texas at Austin

Laura Cabrera

Neuroethics

Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Associate Professor of Engineering Science a…

Steven Chang

Neuroscience Graduate Programs; Neuroscience

Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience, Yale University; Co-Director of Yale’s Interdepartmenta…

Alicia Che

Neuroscience Graduate Programs; Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Comparative Medicine and Neuroscience

Devon Collins

Neuroscience & Society

Director, Dana Frontiers Program

Frédérique Couture-Carrier

Graduate Programs in Bioethics

Associate Director of the Master of Science in Bioethics, HMS Center for Bioethics;
Lecturer, Depar…

Stephen Damianos

Neurorights & Neurolaw

Executive Director, Neurorights Foundation; Research Affiliate, Neurotechnology Center at Columbia U…

Deborah Denno

Neurolaw

Arthur A. McGivney Professor of Law & Founding Director, Neuroscience and Law Center, Fordham Law Sch…

Jonathan Drucker

Neurotech Industry

Director of Business Development, North America
Scientific Account Manager, US & Canada Northeast
A…

Ashley Feinsinger

Neuroethics

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Chair of the Ethics Education Theme, The David Geffen School…

Mark Fisher

Neuropolitics

Professor of Neurology
Director, UC Irvine Center for Neuropolitics
UC Irvine

Wesley Grueber

Neuroscience Graduate Programs: Neuroscience

Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and Neuroscience; Principal Investigator, Columbia’s…

Nicia John

Neuroarts

Founder & Executive Director of
The Crearte Foundation for Art-Science Innovation

Rohan Kandeshwarath

Neurolaw

Equal Justice Works Fellow, Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital

Spencer Kellis

Neurotech Industry; Neural System Design

Neuroscience Senior Team Lead at Blackrock Microsystems, Research Assistant Professor at Keck School…

Ken Miller

Neuroscience Graduate Programs: Theoretical Neuroscience

Peter Taylor Professor of Neuroscience; Principal Investigator at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute

Yongsoo Kim

Neuroscience Graduate Programs; Organizational Neuroscience

Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine Penn State …

Juliet King

Neuroarts

Professor Transpersonal Art Therapy, Naropa University Boulder; CO USA Adjunct Associate Professor N…

Sará King

Neuroarts; Neuroscience & Well-being

CEO and Co-Founder of MindHeart AI

Lisa Levinson

Educational Neuroscience

Assistant Professor of Teaching in Neuroscience & Education and and a senior researcher in the Neuroc…

Ashley Malkin

Neuroethics

Founder, Students in Neuroethics

Mark Mapstone

Neuropolitics

Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Chief, Neuropsychology Division
Department of Neurology
UC …

Nicole Martinez-Martin

Neuroethics & Neurolaw

Assistant Professor (Research), Pediatrics – Center for Biomedical Ethics; Assistant Professor (Rese…

Olivia Matshabane

Neuroethics

Principal Investigator: Africa Neuroethics Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch Un…

Craig McFarland

Neurolaw; Neuroethics

Research Assistant, Shen Neurolaw Lab; Masters Student, Oxford University

Javier Mesa

Neurolaw

Dana Foundation Neurotech Justice Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, a…

Reina Magistro Nadle

Neurolaw; Neuroethics

PhD Candidate, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia

Eesha Oza

Neuroscience Training

Co-Executive Director, International Youth Neuroscience Association (IYNA)

Firat Soylu, PhD

Educational Neuroscience

Asst. Professor, Educational Psychology & Neuroscience, College of Education, University of Alabama & …

Gabe Lazaro-Munoz, JD, PhD

Neuroethics

Associate Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital; Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

Kailyn Price

Neuroscience & Society

Research Fellow, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School

Gaia Rancati

Neuromarketing

Assistant Professor of Marketing and Neuromarketing, Middle Tennessee State University

Sharena Rice

Neurotechnology

Research Scientist at Sanmai, Contributing Editor for Neurotech Reports, Grant Advisor for Foresight…

Guillaume Riesen

Neuroarts

Science Engagement Designer, Worldview Studio

Bill Rochlin

Neuroscience & Society

Associate Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, Loyola University of Chicago

Benjamin Saunders

Neuroscience Graduate Programs

Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota

Sally Seraphin

Developmental Neuroscience

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Trinity College

Francis X. Shen

Neurolaw; Neuroscience & Society

Founding Director, Dana Foundation Career Network in Neuroscience & Society; Professor of Law, Univer…

Gabriella Shull

Neurotech Industry; Neuroengineering

Senior Electrical Engineer, Paradromics

Richard Sima

Neuroscience Communication & Journalism

Brain Matters columnist, The Washington Post

Kristin Smith

Neuroscience Graduate Programs

Director of Graduate Admissions, Penn State College of Medicine

Jamie Tartar

Neurosports

CEO, Society for Sports Neuroscience; Professor and Chair for the Department of Psychology and Neuro…

Theresa Harris

Neurolaw & Neuropolicy

Director, AAAS Center for Scientific Responsibility and Justice
American Association for the Advanc…

Jesse Tucker

Graduate Programs in Bioethics

Admissions and Recruitment Administrator, HMS Center for Bioethics

Jacob Umans

Neuroscience Training

Co-Founder and Board Chair, International Youth Neuroscience Association (IYNA), MD-PhD Student, Joh…

Clarissa Waites

Neuroscience Graduate Programs

Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Neuroscience and Associate Vice Chair for Research and T…

Junie P. Warrington

Neuroscience Graduate Programs; Neurology

Associate Professor of Neurology, The University of Mississippi Medical Center; Director of the PhD …

Manuella Oliveira Yassa

Neuroscience Education

Director of Outreach & Education, UC Irvine CNLM; Founder, The Brain Museum

Irene Zhang

Neuroscience Training

Co-Executive Director and Neuro& Director, International Youth Neuroscience Association (IYNA)

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About

About the Career Network: The mission of the Career Network in Neuroscience & Society (neuroXcareers.org) is to expand and diversify the scholars and practitioners in the emerging fields encompassed by neuroscience and society (neuroeconomics, neuroethics, neurolaw, neuropolitics, neuromarketing, etc.) We hope to build the field through connecting individuals and opportunities to help foster new careers.