Julietta Sheng

Program Manager | Education and Community, EBRC

Julietta Sheng is a Program Manager at the Engineering Biology Research Consortium, focusing on Education and Community. She recently completed her Science Policy Postdoctoral Researcher fellowship with EBRC, where she supported the Education & Engagement and Roadmapping Focus Areas. She helped to organize and initiate the EBRC-sponsored special issue in JSPG on “Advancing Science & Technology Policy for the Next-Generation Bioeconomy.” She also contributed to the development of the Community BioFutures initiative, which aims to establish a national infrastructure to support local bioeconomy networks for engineering biology education and outreach.

Julietta recently earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences – Neuroscience with Drs. Stuart Tobet and Robert J. Handa at Colorado State University with a focus on sex differences in the brain and body that lead to neuropsychiatric disorders, including Major Depressive Disorder, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.

Outside of work, Julietta likes to play kickball, read psychological thrillers, and go on long walks with her puppos.