Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Brazilian neuroscientist who counts neurons; author of The Human Advantage.
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- Suzana Herculano-Houzel is a Brazilian neuroscientist working in comparative neuroanatomy.
- She developed a method for counting the neurons in human and other animals' brains.
- She moved from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro to Vanderbilt University in 2016.
Key facts
- Born
- 1972, Rio de Janeiro1
- Education
- Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1992); master's, Case Western Reserve (1995); PhD in neuroscience, Paris VI (1999)1
- Book
- The Human Advantage (MIT Press, 2016)1
- Also
- First Brazilian speaker at TED Global (2013); José Reis Prize for science communication (2004)1
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