Selena E Bartlett is a professor of Neuroscience at QUT and a research leader in Addiction Neuroscience and Obesity at the Translational Research Institute (TRI) in Brisbane, Australia. She received a BS in Mathematics from Queensland University of Technology (1985) and a BPharm and a PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Queensland (1995). In 2013, she won the Outstanding Achievement Award and Biotech Research Award and is an Ambassador for the Women in Technology organization. Her studies explore how our brains respond to the stress of addictive behaviours, such as bingeing on sweet foods, drinking, and smoking.