Eva Luna is a PhD student in the Rehabilitation Sciences Program at NYU working with Dr. Pablo Ripollés and Dr. Adeen Flinker. Her interdisciplinary line of research tries to merge both of her two big passions, brain and music. She is particularly interested in deciphering the influence and enhancing the efficiency of music-based interventions as a therapeutic and rehabilitation tool to promote recovery in neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Before joining NYU as a PhD student, Eva Luna received a B.S. in Human and Animal Biotechnology from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2020) and a M.S. in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience from Sorbonne University (2022). She has served as a research and university assistant in various laboratories (Pasteur Institute in Paris, New York University, and the University of Vienna) all with a shared focus on the interaction between music and cognitive processes in the brain.
Classically trained in violin performance from age 5, Eva Luna holds a Professional Music Diploma from the Professional Conservatory of Music of Valencia (2018). Her performance background spans a diverse range of musical genres, and she has been an engaged violinist in symphony orchestras around the globe, a passion she still pursues here in New York City.