Jennifer Henry, PhD

Director, Life Sciences

Jennifer Henry, PhD, is the Director, Life Sciences at The New York Academy of Sciences. Dr Henry joined the Academy in 2009, prior to which she was a Publishing Manager in the Academic Journals division at Nature Publishing Group. She also has eight years of direct editorial experience as Editor of Functional Plant Biology, for CSIRO Publishing in Australia. She received her PhD in plant molecular biology from the University of Melbourne, specializing in the genetic engineering of transgenic crops. As Director of Life Sciences, she is responsible for developing scientific symposia across a range of life sciences, including biochemical pharmacology, neuroscience, systems biology, genome integrity, infectious diseases and microbiology, under the auspices of the Academy's Frontiers of Science program. She also generates alliances with organizations interested in developing programmatic content.

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Jennifer Henry, PhD

Director, Life Sciences
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