January 16, 2025

Maital Neta, Carl A. Happold Professor of Psychology at Nebraska, poses for a portrait inside the Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior’s MRI room. Neta is one of 400 scientists who has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. The honor was announced Jan. 14 by President Biden. Neta’s research studies brain responses to emotional uncertainty in healthy aging. January 16, 2025. Photo by Jordan Opp / University Communication and Marketing.