Hannah Critchlow

Dr Hannah Critchlow is an internationally-acclaimed neuroscientist, broadcaster, author and Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. She has appeared on BBC, ABC and Korean TV and Radio, most recently on BBC Radio 4 The Life Scientific, and on BBC2 in Family Brain Games with Dara Ó Briain. She has published three books to date: Consciousness: A Ladybird Expert Guide (Penguin, 2018), The Science of Fate (Hodder, 2019) which made The Sunday Times Bestseller list and her latest book Joined up Thinking (Hodder, 2022).

In 2022 she received an Honorary Doctorate from Brunel University for her work in neuroscience and communication. She also has a neuroscience research Doctorate from Cambridge University. In 2019 Hannah was named by Nature as a ‘Rising Stars in Life Sciences’. She was recognised as a ‘Top 100 UK scientist’ by the UK Science Council in 2014 and named as one of Cambridge University’s most ‘inspirational and successful women in science’. In 2026 she is scheduled to receive the Rosalind Franklin medal for her work in science communication.