Who we are
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, P.I.
- Associate Professor, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
- B.Sc. in Biology (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1992), M.Sc. in Neuroscience (Case Western Reserve University, 1995, with Story Landis), Ph.D. in Neuroscience (Université Paris VI, 1999, with Yves Frégnac and Max-Planck-Institut for Brain Research, with Wolf Singer).
- Scientist, National Research Council (CNPq) since 2007; Young Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ, 2007-2009) and Scientist of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ, 2009-present).
- Recipient of the Scholar Award in Understanding Human Cognition, James S. McDonell Foundation, 2010
- Author of six books for the general public on the neuroscience of everyday life, with over 60,000 copies sold.
- Regular writer for the newspaper Folha de São Paulo since 2006, and writer and presenter of the TV series Neurológica (Fantástico, Rede Globo de Televisão) since 2008.
E-mail: suzanahh@gmail.com
Bruno Mota, postdoctoral fellow since 2008
- Ph.D. in Physics (Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, 2007).
Mariana Gabi, PhD candidate since 2010, undergraduate student 2007-2010
Priscilla Morterá, Ph.D. candidate since 2009, undergraduate student 2005-2007
Karina Fonseca, Master's candidate since 2011, undergraduate student 2009-2010
Pedro Ribeiro, Master's candidate since 2009, undergraduate student 2007-2009
Rodrigo Silveira, Master's candidate since 2011
Nilma Araújo, veterinarian, M.Sc. candidate since 2009
Carolina Masseron, undergraduate student, since 2011
Kleber Junior, undergraduate student, since 2010
Lissa Ventura, undergraduate student, since 2008
Natália Sales, undergraduate student, since 2008
Former lab members
Frederico Azevedo (co-supervised with Roberto Lent), M.Sc. awarded in 2008. Determined the cellular composition of the adult human brain (Azevedo et al., 2009).
Fabiana Bandeira (co-supervised with Roberto Lent), Ph.D. awarded in 2007. Examined the postnatal changes in the cellular composition of the rat brain (Bandeira et al., 2009).
Bianca Torres de Mendonça, undergraduate student 2007-2010