Curriculum Vitae

Richard (Rik) Henson, MA, MSc, PhD, FBA

2024-..., Head of Methods Group, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBU)
2018-..., Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
2017-18, Acting Director, MRC CBU
2014-23, Deputy Director, MRC CBU
2004-..., Programme Leader, MRC CBU
2003-04, Honorary Principal, Functional Imaging Laboratory (FIL), UCL
2003-04, Group Leader, Cognitive Electrophysiology Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN), UCL
2000-04, Wellcome Career Development Fellowship, Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience (WDIN), UCL
1997-00, Wellcome Research Fellow, WDIN, UCL, with Prof Tim Shallice and Prof Ray Dolan
1996-97, BBSRC Research Fellow, Psychology and Anatomy Departments, UCL, with Prof Graham Hitch and Dr Neil Burgess
1993-96, PhD at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge University, with Prof Alan Baddeley, Dr Dennis Norris and Dr Mike Page
1992-93, MSc (Distinction) in Information Technology: Intelligent Knowledge-Based Systems, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University
1989-92, MA (Hons) in Natural Sciences; Experimental Psychology, Cambridge University, St John's college
1981-88, Secondary education: Judd School, Tonbridge, 10 GCE O-Levels; 4 GCE A-Levels, all 'A' grade

2022, Fellow of the British Academy
2003, Visiting Professor, University of Liverpool
2003, Eleventh Experimental Psychology Society Prize
2000, Wellcome Career Development Fellowship
1998, British Psychological Society Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Research
1993, Rank Xerox Prize for best MSc Dissertation, Department of AI, Edinburgh University
1989, Three year University Sponsorship from AEA Technology, Culham Laboratory
1989, UK Representative, US High School Honours Program in Computing, Livermore, California
1988, Judd School Governors' Leaving Exhibition Prize, Maths Prize, Bentall Physics Prize

Director, Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN, 2021-...)
President, British Neuroscience Association (2021-23)
President-Elect, British Neuroscience Association (2019-21)
Reviewing Editor, Journal of Neuroscience (2017-20)
Committee Member, Wellcome Trust Expert Review Group (2013-17)
Section Editor, Cognitive Neuroscience Section, Neuroimage (2005-08)
Committee Member, Experimental Psychology Society (2004-07)
Member: Memory Disorders Research Society; Society for Neuroscience; British Neuroscience Association; Experimental Psychology Society

Founder of CBU Open Science Committee, 2015-...
Chair of CBU Imaging Management Committee, 2010-...
Member of CBU Unit Management Committee, MEG Management, MRI Management, Scientific Computing and IT Strategy committees
Member of the Equality Committee, 2009-2014
Chair of Imaging Interest Group, 2004-2010

Cognitive Neuroscience, in particular Priming, Episodic Memory, Visual Object Perception
Methodology and Philosophy of functional neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG, MEG)
Statistics and Computational modelling

Mens Captain, Shelford Tennis Club, 2018-...
Member, Cambridge University Ultimate Frisbee team 2005-2006
Captain, St Johns College Graduate Football team, 2005-2006
Cambridge University Rag (Charity) Committee; Editor of CU Rag Magazine, 1992
Secretary and Founding Member, Cambridge University Cognitive Science Society, 1991-1992
St John's College Football, Tennis and Squash teams, 1999-2002
Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award, 1991
Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award, 1987