Dr. Eva Naumann

Biography

Eva Aimable Naumann is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Duke University. She holds a MSc in Biology from the University of Konstanz and a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She has completed postdoctoral fellowships at University College London and Harvard University Center for Brain Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding neural circuits throughout the entire brain and their role in guiding behavior, particularly how individuality manifests within these circuits. Dr. Naumann uses genetically accessible, transparent zebrafish to map, monitor, and manipulate neuronal activity. By combining whole-brain imaging with behavioral analyses, functional perturbations, and neuroanatomy, she aims to produce brain-scale circuit models that explain behaviors of individual brains. She teaches several courses related to neuroscience and has published extensively on neural circuits, behavior, and imaging techniques. Her work has implications for understanding how neural connections influence how organisms navigate their environments and respond to stimuli.

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