Marlene Behrmann is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh. She was previously a Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. She specializes in the cognitive neuroscience of visual perception, with a specific focus on object recognition.Her research has illuminated the intricate neural mechanisms involved in processing faces and objects in the human brain. Behrmann's investigations into how brain regions contribute to different aspects of visual perception have provided groundbreaking insights into the organization and functionality of the visual system.