A world-renowned neurobiologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, Cori Bargmann is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior, particularly the mechanisms of olfaction in the worm C. elegans. In 2014, she was chosen to lead President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative, and she served as head of science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative from 2016 to 2022. Bargmann earned a bachelor’s in biochemistry from UGA. During her doctoral work at MIT, she examined the molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis and helped identify the role of Ras in bladder cancer. Although the relevance of her research was doubted at the time, it later led to significant treatments in breast cancer.A world-renowned neurobiologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, Bargmann is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior, particularly the mechanisms of olfaction in the worm C. elegans. In 2014, she was chosen to lead President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative, and she served as head of science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative from 2016 to 2022. Bargmann earned a bachelor’s in biochemistry from UGA. During her doctoral work at MIT, she examined the molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis and helped identify the role of Ras in bladder cancer. Although the relevance of her research was doubted at the time, it later led to significant treatments in breast cancer.A world-renowned neurobiologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, Bargmann is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior, particularly the mechanisms of olfaction in the worm C. elegans. In 2014, she was chosen to lead President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative, and she served as head of science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative from 2016 to 2022. Bargmann earned a bachelor’s in biochemistry from UGA. During her doctoral work at MIT, she examined the molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis and helped identify the role of Ras in bladder cancer. Although the relevance of her research was doubted at the time, it later led to significant treatments in breast cancer.