| Irena Maria Nalepa | |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Kraków |
| Citizenship: | Polish |
| Occupation: | neuroscientist pharmacologist biochemist |
Irena Maria Nalepa (pronounced as /pl/; born 24 November 1951)[1] is a Polish neuroscientist, pharmacologist and biochemist, professor of medical sciences and professor at the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[2]
She graduated from the Jagiellonian University and received her PhD in 1980. Since 2004 she has the title of full professor.
Currently she is a professor, Head of Department of Brain Biochemistry and vice-chairman of the Institute of Pharmacology of Polish Academy of Sciences, a chairwoman of Scientific Council of popular-science magazine Wszechświat and member of Neuroscience Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences.