Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel
is a biologist and neuroscientist, researcher, writer, columnist for the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, and professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, United States. She is also the first female Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Comparative Neurology, the oldest journal specializing in neuroscience.
Brazilian, she graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Paris VI.
Her contributions to neuroscience include several new concepts that refute long-held intuitions about what brains are made of and how the human brain, with its 86 billion neurons, evolved. More recently, she discovered that the T-Rex was the primate of its time.
Learn with Dr. Herculano
For beginners:
The Crash Course in Neuroscience teaches you the principles and basic questions of the field in 14 short video lessons, with certification included.
Furthering knowledge:
Concepts in Neuroscience provides new text lessons with illustrations created by Dr. Herculano every week, guiding you to deepen your knowledge in a linear fashion.
Stay up to date:
Follow Dr. Herculano's blog, The Neuroscientist On Call, and never miss one of her insights in the field.