
About
Mission
The primary goal of the IBB is to motivate students to learn about the brain and to inspire them to pursue careers in neuroscience so they can help treat and find cures for brain disorders.
Board of Directors
Dr. Jaime L. Diaz-Granados
Board Chair (APA); Deputy Chief Executive Officer, American Psychological Association
Mr. Marty Saggese
Board Vice-Chair (SfN); Executive Director, Society for Neuroscience
Ms. Kathleen Roina
Board Secretary (Dana); Director Dana Education Program, Dana Foundation
Dr. Lars Kristiansen
Board Treasurer (IBRO); Executive Director, International Brain Research Organization
Dr. Norbert Myslinski
Immediate Past Chair, Founder; Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience, University of Maryland
Dr. Patricia Gaspar
Board Member (FENS); INSERM Director Emeritus, Paris Brain Institute
Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde
Board Member (SfN); Professor of Ophthalmology, Physiology, & Physiology/Pharmacology,SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Dr. Garth Fowler
Board Member (APA); Director Clinical Research Program, Rush University Medical Center
Ms. Natasha Slater
Board Member (IBRO); Director of External Relations, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, International Brain Research Organization
Ms. Tasia Asakawa
Board Member (FENS); Executive Director, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
Dr. Maria Carrillo
Board Member (AA); Chief Science Officer, Alzheimer’s Association
IBB Team (part-time)
Astrid Eberhart
Executive Director
Dr. Ionut Dumitru
Academic Director
Marlene Aßfalg
IBB Coordinator
Florian Kohrt
IT Consultant
Lynnie Fein-Schaffer
Project Coordinator
Fatma Cherif
Social Media Coordinator
IBB Interns
Ugne Birstonaite
(Lithuania)
Antoni Klonowski
(Canada)
Helene Li
(Canada)
Viktoriia Vydzhak
(Ukraine)
History
Brain Bee Founder

Dr. Norbert Myslinski is a member of the University of Maryland’s Department of Neural Pain Sciences in Baltimore. He has devoted his professional life to teach about the human brain around the world. He founded the Brain Bee 1998 and fostered its growth into a successful global initiative. In 2016, Dr. Myslinski was awarded the SfN Science Educator Award supported by the Dana Foundation.
The IBB Logo

The Brain Bee logo consists of a combination of a brain on the top and a bee on the bottom, reflecting the name: the brain for the main focus of the competition, and the bee for the coming together for challenging, educational competition. The stinger of the bee represents the quill or tip of a pen, the sign of intelligence and education. The two lobes of the brain also resemble the traditional symbol of the heart, symbolizing passion for our fellow man.