Natalia Mesa.

Natalia Mesa

Reporter
The Transmitter

Natalia Mesa is a reporter for The Transmitter, covering funding trends, neurogenetics and neural coding. Before joining The Transmitter in 2025, she was a fellow at High Country News and freelanced for National Geographic, Science, The Scientist and elsewhere.

From this contributor

Rhesus macaque monkey makes an intimidating face.
Emotion processing Microphone

Some facial expressions are less reflexive than previously thought

By Natalia Mesa
8 January 2026 | 5 min read
Mouse on top of drinking water spout in crowded cage.
Systems neuroscience Microphone

Cracking the neural code for emotional states

By Natalia Mesa
8 January 2026 | 8 min read
A child sits at a table moving around small cutout drawings.
Spectrum

Genetic profiles separate early, late autism diagnoses

By Natalia Mesa
27 November 2025 | 5 min read
Kevin B Marvel.
Teaching

A change at the top of SfN as neuroscientists gather in San Diego

By Natalia Mesa
16 November 2025 | 6 min read
Illustration of coins falling through space.
Funding

Establishing a baseline: Trends in NIH neuroscience funding from 2008 to 2024

By Natalia Mesa
15 November 2025 | 8 min read

Education

  • Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Washington
  • B.A. in biological sciences, Cornell University

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