David Eagleman

David Eagleman
David Eagleman
	Eagleman in 2010
Born	April 25, 1971; Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Alma mater	Rice University; Baylor College of Medicine; Salk Institute;
Known for	Time perception; brain plasticity; synesthesia; neurolaw; PBS television series: The Brain with David Eagleman; Books: Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives; Incognito; The Brain: The Story of You; The Runaway Species; Livewired; Podcast: Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman;
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship, Science Educator of the Year from Society for Neuroscience, Claude Shannon Luminary Award from Bell Labs
	Scientific career
Fields	Neuroscience
Institutions	Stanford University
Doctoral advisor	Read Montague
Website	eagleman.com; eagleman.sites.stanford.edu

David Eagleman (born April 25, 1971) is an American neuroscientist, author, and science communicator. He teaches neuroscience at Stanford University and is CEO and co-founder of Neosensory, a company that develops devices for sensory substitution. He also directs the non-profit Center for Science and Law, which seeks to align the legal system with modern neuroscience and is Chief Science Officer and co-founder of BrainCheck, a digital cognitive health platform used in medical practices and health systems. He is known for his work on brain plasticity, time perception, synesthesia, and neurolaw.

He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a New York Times-bestselling author published in 32 languages. He is the writer and presenter of the international television series, The Brain with David Eagleman, and the host of the podcast "Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman".. His podcast Inner Cosmos has been ranked the #1 science podcast on Apple several times and was nominated for the best science podcast of the year at the iHeart Podcast Awards at SXSW.

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