Linda Jane Richards | |
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| Born | Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Washington University School of Medicine |
| Doctoral advisor | Perry Bartlett |
Linda Jane Richards is an Australian developmental neurobiologist, and is currently head of the Department of Neuroscience and the Edison Professor of Neurobiology at Washington University (St. Louis, MO, USA).[1] She was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2019, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) in 2016, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAAS) in 2015.[2]
Richards is known for her work on the corpus callosum, the bundle of nerves that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain. She is a founding member of International Consortium for the Corpus Callosum and Cerebral Connectivity (IRC5),[3] a past president of the Australasian Neuroscience Society,[4] and the founder of the Australian Brain Bee Championship.[5]
- ^ Bhandari, Tamara (3 April 2020). "Richards named head of neuroscience". WashU Medicine. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ administrator. "Home". IRC5. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Home - Australasian Neuroscience Society Inc". www.ans.org.au. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Competition – International Brain Bee". Retrieved 19 February 2025.