Andrew King (neurophysiologist)

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Andrew King
FRS FMedSci
File:Andrew J. King Royal Society.jpg
Andrew King at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018
Born Andrew John King
(1959-04-08) 8 April 1959 (age 65)[1]
Greenford, Middlesex
Fields Neurophysiology
Institutions University of Oxford
National Institute for Medical Research
Education Northolt High School[1]
Alma mater King's College London (BSc)
University of London (PhD)
Thesis The representation of visual and auditory space in the guinea-pig superior colliculus (1984)
Notable awards Wellcome Prize Medal in Physiology[2]
Website
www.neuroscience.ox.ac.uk/research-directory/andrew-king

Andrew John King FRS FMedSci [2] (born 8 April 1959)[1] is a Professor of Neurophysiology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford[3][4] and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.[5]

Education

King was educated at Northolt High School[1] and graduated from King's College London with a Bachelor of Science degree[when?] and was a PhD student at the National Institute for Medical Research[1] where his doctoral research investigated the representation of visual and auditory space in the superior colliculus of guinea pigs. His was awarded a PhD in 1984 by the University of London.[6]

Career and research

King discovered that the mammalian brain contains a spatial map of the auditory world and showed that its development is shaped by sensory experience.[2] His work has also demonstrated that the adult brain represents sound features in a remarkably flexible way, continually adjusting to variations in the statistical distribution of sounds associated with different acoustic environments as well to longer term changes in input resulting from hearing loss.[2] In addition to furthering our understanding of the neural basis for auditory perception, his research is helping to inform better treatment strategies for the hearing impaired.[2]

Awards and honours

King was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge".[7][2][8] He is also a Fellow of The Physiological Society.[5]

References

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