Senior Strategy and Innovation Manager at Elsevier
Dr Maria Botcharova is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. Her PhD in Neuroscience at University College London's Institute of Neurology tried to make sense of the firing patterns of neurons and concluded in 2014. Since then, Maria was a business strategy consultant for pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical companies and currently leads a strategy team at publishing company, Elsevier. She has written about wrinkly fingers and zorb balls and interviewed Sir Roger Bannister (about both running and neuroscience) for the Guardian. She takes a keen interest in science, having written and edited for a number of student and non-profit publications.
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