Shaena Montanari.

Shaena Montanari

Reporter
The Transmitter

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Shaena Montanari joined The Transmitter as an enterprise reporter in January 2023. She was previously an investigative health reporter at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting in Phoenix. Prior to becoming a journalist, Shaena worked as a paleontologist.

From this contributor

Raphael Yuste leaning on a bench in his lab. A red filter colors the scene.
Neural networks

Releasing the Hydra with Rafael Yuste

By Brady Huggett, Shaena Montanari
4 April 2025 | 10 min read
Methods

Plaque levels differ in popular Alzheimer’s mouse model depending on which parent’s variants are passed down

By Shaena Montanari
4 February 2025 | 0 min watch
Violet-stained neurons in a serial transverse section from an embryonic spiny dogfish, a bottom-dwelling shark.
Evolution

Digitization of ‘breathtaking’ neuroanatomy slide collection offers untapped research gold mine

By Shaena Montanari
22 January 2025 | 3 min read
Three sleeping mice.
Sleep

Fleeting sleep interruptions may help brain reset

By Shaena Montanari
13 January 2025 | 5 min read
Two prairie voles touch snouts in a tank.
Social behavior

Brain gene expression syncs between bonded prairie voles

By Shaena Montanari
10 January 2025 | 5 min read

Education

  • M.A. in investigative journalism, Arizona State University
  • Ph.D. in comparative biology, Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History
  • B.S. in geological sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fellowships

  • AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship
  • AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
  • Royal Society Newton International Fellowship

Articles

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