#WomenInNeuro: Mrunali Das

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Stories of Women in Neuroscience. Stories of Women in Neuroscience strives to:

  1. Increase the exposure and visibility of women in neuroscience

  2. Provide role models for young women who aspire to careers in science

  3. Increase transparency of success (and failure) in academia

  4. Help identify external factors that allow women to succeed

  5. Advocate for women in neuroscience and encourage others to do the same

Mrunali Das is a high school teacher at BASIS Independent Brooklyn in New York City.  Das completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology & Mathematics, doing the Neuroscience & Theory streams respectively, at McGill University. At McGill, she got involved with BrainReach, an initiative done in conjunction between the Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University in which neuroscience students and researchers present workshops on the brain to schools around Montreal. This experience solidified her desire to be a teacher. 

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Since then, Das has taught math for six years, psychology for five years, and Senior Capstone on Special Topics in Neuroscience for two years. Simultaneously, Das has completed a Masters of Science in Neuroscience & Education at the Teachers College at Columbia University. She currently devotes her time to bringing about the next generation of neuroscience and interdisciplinary researchers as well as conducting workshops for teachers on the adolescent brain. 

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“I am particularly fascinated by the adolescent brain considering the trajectories of cognitive development and how we can understand emotion regulation, impulsive behavior, and other distinctly adolescent trends in terms of what is happening in the brain.”

Outside of work, Das spends her time cooking, reading, playing board games and playing with her dog. To maintain a work life balance during the pandemic,

“I like to physically compartmentalize to help balance activities. I limit the work I do at home to allow me to better engage with the present moment. In adjusting to the pandemic, I designate spaces for particular activities. Furthermore, I like planning as much as possible ahead of time. Over the summer, I fill my planner with what lesson I plan to do on a given day of school in order to better anticipate when I need to procure special supplies or request the Brain Bank. When I am not working, I am either cooking, eating, walking/playing with my dog, reading, or working out. I also have a few shows that I binge in rotation.”
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