Mary E. Hatten | |
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| Born | Mary Elizabeth Hatten |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (PhD) Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (faculty) |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2017) |
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| Institutions | Rockefeller University |
| Thesis | The influence of membrane lipids on the lectin-induced agglutination of transformed and untransformed cell lines (1975) |
| Website | www |
Mary Elizabeth Hatten is the Frederick P. Rose Professor of neuroscience at the Rockefeller University, where she became the first female full professor in 1992. She studies the manner in which neurons migrate in the brain, which has implications for many neurological diseases, as well as cancer. Her research led to her being elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2017.