Marisa Carrasco is Professor of Psychology and Neural Science and Collegiate Professor at New York University, as well as a former Chair of the Psychology Department. Born and raised in Mexico City, she received her Licentiate in Psychology from the National University of Mexico and her Ph.D. in Psychology (Cognition and Perception) from Princeton University. She conducts research in cognitive neuroscience and explores the relation between the psychological and neural mechanisms involved in visual perception and attention using psychophysics, neuroimaging and modeling.

She has published many papers in the most prominent scientific journals in science (e.g., Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science), neuroscience (e.g., Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience), psychology (Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology), and visual perception (e.g., Vision Research, Journal of Vision). Her research has been continuously supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Health (NIH). Her accomplishments have been recognized by prestigious awards and fellowships throughout her career, such as a National Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, an American Association of University Women Fellowship, a Cattell Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.