Who Is Susan Greenfield

Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield is a pioneering scientist, an entrepreneur, a communicator of science and a policy adviser. She is considered by many to be one of the most inspirational and influential thinkers in the world.

Susan has long been regarded as a world-leading expert on the human brain, and is widely known for her research into Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. She has received a life peerage and a CBE in the United Kingdom.

Susan is the first woman to have lead the prestigious Royal Institution of Great Britain and also holds the positions of Senior Research Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford and Honorary Fellow at St Hilda’s College, Oxford.

Susan is a passionate science communicator, making science relevant and compelling. Interested in the physical basis of consciousness and how brains function and change, Susan presented the major six part series Brain Story on the BBC, as well as many other television and radio programs and public lectures. 

Susan’s best selling books include The Human Brain: A Guided Tour, Brain Story and Tomorrow’s People: How 21st Century technology is Changing the Way We Think and Feel.

Susan argues passionately that the adoption of scientific knowledge, thinking and methods in areas that science is not traditionally considered is a means to improving quality of life and building thriving societies in the 21st century.