Professor Richard Morris FMedSci, FRS, FRSE

Past Member

Professor of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh.
Professor Morris’s research focuses on neurobiological mechanisms of memory, including studies of neurodegenerative disorders of memory such as Alzheimer's disease. He is the life sciences co-oordinator of the Foresight Cognitive Systems Project, an initiative which has brought physical and life scientists together to provide a vision for the future development of cognitive systems through an exploration of recent advances in neuroscience and computer science. Professor Morris holds an Adjunct Professorship of Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, is President-Elect of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, a Guarantor of Brain, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust.