David Eagleman

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS

• Adjunct Professor, Stanford University

• Co-Founder and CEO, Neosensory

• Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, BrainCheck

• Co-Founder and Producer, Cognito Entertainment

• Inner Cosmos Podcast Host, iHearMedia

• Director, Center for Science and Law

• Science Communicator, PBS, BBC, and Netflix

• Board Member, The Long Now Foundation

• Scientific Advisor, Ampa

• Scientific Advisor, NextSense

• Scientific Advisor, Neurable

• Advisor, TranscribeGlass

• Advisor, Skywalk

RESEARCH

• His scientific interests are how the brain constructs perception, how different brains do so differently, and how this matters for society.

• He is best known for his work on sensory substitution, time perception, brain plasticity, synesthesia, and neurolaw. 

• He also studies the intersection of neuroscience with the legal system and directs the Center for Science & Law.

MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS

• Eagleman is the writer and presenter of The Brain, an Emmy-nominated television series on PBS and BBC. He is also the writer and presenter of The Creative Brain on Netflix.

• He appears regularly on radio and television to discuss literature and science.

• He has written for the New York Times, Discover Magazine, Atlantic, Slate, Wired and New Scientist, and he appears regularly on National Public Radio and BBC.

• He has been a TED speaker, a guest on the Colbert Report, and profiled in The New Yorker magazine.

BOOKS

• Beyond his 120+ academic publications, Eagleman has published many popular books. 

• His latest book Livewired tells the story of brain plasticity: how your forest of billions of neurons reconfigures every moment over your life. 

• His internationally bestselling book of literary fiction, SUM, has been translated into 33 languages, turned into two operas, and named a Best Book of the Year by Barnes and Noble.

• His bestselling book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, explores the neuroscience “under the hood” of the conscious mind: all the aspects of neural function to which we have no awareness or access. 

• The Safety Net examines what the advent of the internet means on the timescale of civilizations. 

• The award-winning Wednesday is Indigo Blue explores the neurological condition of synesthesia, in which the senses are blended.

• The Runaway Species, co-authored with music composer Anthony Brandt, explores the neuroscience and behavior behind human creativity.