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Eric Knudsen is the Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor of neurobiology at Stanford University. He is best known for his work with the auditory system of the barn owl and was the first person to find a two-dimensional space map of sound. He is a recipient of the Lashley Award, the Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, and the Newcomb Cleveland prize and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Biography
Knudsen attended UC, Santa Barbara, earning a B.A. in Zoology followed by an M.A. in Neuroscience. He earned a Ph. D. at UC, San Diego in 1976, working under Ted Bullock. Knudsen also worked with Masazaku Konishi at California Institute of Technogy. Knudsen has been a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine since 1988. He was chair of the School of Medicine from 2001-2005.