Marina Picciotto

Marina Rachel Picciotto (born June 22, 1963) is an American neuroscientist known for her work on the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in addiction, memory, and reward behaviors. She is the Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and professor in the Child Study Center and the Departments of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology at the Yale University School of Medicine. She was named Director of the Yale University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program in September 2023. From 2015 to 2023, she was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neuroscience. She served as President of the Society for Neuroscience from 2023-2024. She is currently President Elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science