Jon Simons, PhD, FRSB
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology
Acting Head of the School of Biological Sciences Fellow, Emmanuel College Jon Simons is a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, where he leads a research programme seeking to understand the cognitive and brain mechanisms of human memory. After studying Psychology at the University of Aberdeen, Jon undertook a PhD at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge before moving to a post-doctoral position at Harvard University. On returning to the UK, he took up a senior research fellowship at UCL followed by a move back to Cambridge, where he is now Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and principal investigator in the Memory Laboratory at the Department of Psychology. The laboratory's research has been funded by support from UKRI (BBSRC, ESRC, and MRC) and from a number of charitable organisations (Isaac Newton Trust, James S. McDonnell Foundation, Leverhulme Trust, Mental Health Research UK, Rosetrees Trust, and Wellcome Trust). Jon has published more than 100 papers in leading international journals, and has held positions on editorial boards (e.g., Science magazine's open access section, Science Advances) and funding panels (e.g., BBSRC). His work has been recognised with the Experimental Psychology Society EPS Prize, a James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholar Award, the Memory Disorders Research Society Laird Cermak Award, and Fellowship of the Royal Society of Biology and the Association for Psychological Science. In October 2024, Jon was appointed Acting Head of the School of Biological Sciences. In this role he is a member of the University's senior leadership team and numerous University committees, chair of the Council of the School of Biological Sciences as well as various other School level committees. He has overall responsibility for implementation of the School's academic vision surrounding research strategy, undergraduate teaching and postgraduate education. |