Printable Biography of Susan Greenfield

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Apart from her primary research where she heads a group of 18 scientists studying Parkinsons and Alzheimers Disease, Prof. Greenfield is fascinated by the physical basis of the mind. One of her great skills is to convey her passion about science, and particularly, her wonder at the complexity of the human brain, in a way that everyone can understand.

Susan Greenfield achieved a first class degree at St Hildas College, Oxford and a DPhil in the University Department of Pharmacology. She held post-doctoral fellowships at Oxford, at the College de France, Paris and at the NYU Medical Center in New York. The title of Professor of Pharmacology was conferred in 1996. She has been awarded Honorary DSc degrees by Oxford Brookes, St Andrews, Exeter, Sheffield Hallam and London Universities. Susan became Director of The Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1998, the first woman to hold this office in its 200 year history.

Prof. Greenfield also makes contributions to the public understanding of science. In 1994 she was the first woman to be invited to give the Royal Institution Christmas lectures and has subsequently made a wide range of broadcasts on TV and radio, as well as appearing as the scientist in a variety of interviews and pieces. Her major six part series on the brain and mind, Brain Story was broadcast on BBC2 during 2000.

She writes columns for and makes regular contributions to the majority of the reputable newspapers, and has been a consultant on a six week series on the brain in the Sunday Times Magazine. Susan was included as one of the 50 most powerful women in Britain by the Guardian and ranked 14th by Harpers and Queens 50 Most Inspirational Women in the World.

During her career Susan Greenfield received numerous awards and honours including the Faraday Medal from the Royal Society for making the most significant contribution in 1998 to the public understanding of science, as well as receiving the Woman of Distinction 1998 award from Jewish Care.

In 1999 she gave the prestigious Richard Dimbleby Lecture, broadcast on BBC1. A most accomplished speaker, Susan is regularly invited to lecture to a wide range of audiences around the globe.

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