Liset M de la Prida is a Physicist (1994) and PhD in Neuroscience (1998), who leads the Laboratorio de Circuitos Neuronales at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain (http://www.hippo-circuitlab.es). The main focus of her lab is to understand the function of the hippocampal circuits in the normal and the diseased brain, in particular oscillations and neuronal representations. She is a leading international expert in the study of the basic mechanisms of physiological ripples and epileptic fast ripples, with strong visibility as developer of novel groundbreaking electrophysiological tools. Dr. de la Prida serves as an Editor for prestigious journals including eLife, Journal of Neuroscience Methods and eNeuro, and has commissioning duties in the American Epilepsy Society, FENS and the Spanish Society for Neurosciences.