User:Tarselli



Mike Tarselli first contributed to Wikipedia back in 2008. He is a 2018 Wikipedia Fellow, adding and editing articles on underrepresented Women in Science. He enjoys creating + editing articles on scientists, sports, languages, culture, music, coffee, and foods.

Currently, Tarselli works for SLAS, a scientific nonprofit dedicated to improving scientists and research through lab automation and data analysis. He has previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry, making molecules at the bench, as well as using computers and chemistry to help people suffering from disease.

Mike attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he received Commonwealth College Honors and the Senior Class Award in Chemistry. He holds a Ph.D. in organic and organometallic chemistry from UNC-Chapel Hill, and was a postdoctoral scholar with Glenn Micalizio at The Scripps Research Institute, researching the antinociceptive molecule conolidine

Mike lives with his wife, daughter, dog, and cat just outside of Boston, MA. His hobbies include having adventures, learning Spanish and German, singing classical music and jazz (he's a tenor!), reading business literature, playing old-school video games, and searching for amazing coffee around the world. For more on Mike's education, interests, and scientific vision, please see his ELN story.

Really Short CV

 * 2020-present: Chief Scientific Officer, TetraScience
 * 2018-2020: SLAS Scientific Director
 * 2014-2018: Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research - Information Systems and business analysis
 * 2011-2013: Biomedisyn (start-up)
 * 2010-2011: PharmAgra Labs
 * 2002-2004: Millennium Pharmaceuticals
 * 2001-2002: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals