Seena Mathew is an assistant professor of biology and program coordinator of neuroscience at The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. She also holds the C.L. and Gertrude York Professorship in Biology. Mathew earned her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Kenyon College and her doctorate in neurobiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She later also earned a master’s in public health. Prior to her time at UMHB, she was an assistant professor of instruction at The University of Texas at Austin and program director for the health science and public health programs at South University. Her research interests are a blend of public health and neuroscience with a focus on learning and memory.