Berlin · Global Scientist

Curiosity is currency
for success.

I'm Nella C. Delva, Ph.D. — a neuroscientist, data scientist, and research advisor who has spent a career moving between the bench, the blog, and now the boardroom, translating complex science into decisions, stories, and products people can actually use.

From Haiti to the bench to Berlin

Haiti
Where curiosity began
Roots
Barry University
B.S. Biology, Miami Shores, FL
2009–2012
U. South Carolina
M.S. Biological Sciences — HPV carcinogenesis
2012–2015
Moffitt Cancer Center
Research Associate II — gene target validation
2015–2018
Florida State University
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences — neurobiology of mood
2018–2025
MDC Berlin
Fulbright Fellow — cortical cellular pathways
2024–2025
NeuroPenetrance
Founder — precision risk stratification
2026–

Three disciplines, one throughline: making complex science usable.

Research Advisory

Study design, data interpretation, and scientific strategy for teams working in neuroscience, molecular biology, and biomedical research.

Scientific Writing

Manuscripts, grant narratives, and public-facing science writing that stays rigorous without losing the reader.

Data Science

Machine learning pipelines, biomarker analysis, and applied statistics — from raw data to a working, interpretable model.

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NeuroPenetrance — predicting who a genetic risk variant will actually affect.

A dual-engine platform combining iPSC-derived multi-omics profiling with an AI biomarker layer, built to answer a question clinical genetics still can't: why do two people with the same variant have such different outcomes?

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Notes from a scientist bridging cultures and disciplines

Reflections on research, resilience, and life as a Haitian-American scientist working across continents.

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Latest

Research Without Borders: Why My Work Is Now Global by Design

On building a career — and now a company — that doesn't sit inside one country's borders.