Marnie Halpern (born December 25, 1956) is the Andrew J. Thomson Professor and Chair of molecular and systems biology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.
[4] Halpern's research has focused on studying how differences are established between the right and left sides of the developing brain.
At Yale, she studied Drosophila (fruit fly) neuromuscular development with Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, and characterized the neorumuscular system in larvae with Haig Keshishian.
She was also recruited by Donald D. Brown to become an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Johns Hopkins University.
[1] In 2019, Halpern became Chair of the Department of Molecular and Systems Biology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.