Andrew King (neurophysiologist)

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]

For other people named Andrew King, see Andrew King (disambiguation).

Andrew King

FRS FMedSci
Andrew King at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018
Born
Andrew John King

(1959-04-08) 8 April 1959[1]
Greenford, Middlesex
EducationNortholt High School[1]
Alma materKing's College London (BSc)
University of London (PhD)
AwardsWellcome Prize Medal in Physiology[2]
Scientific career
FieldsNeurophysiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
National Institute for Medical Research
ThesisThe representation of visual and auditory space in the guinea-pig superior colliculus (1984)
Websitewww.neuroscience.ox.ac.uk/research-directory/andrew-king

Education

King was educated at Northolt High School[1] and graduated from King's College London with a Bachelor of Science degree 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
  1. Anon (2017). "King, Prof. Andrew John". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.255766. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "Distinguished scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society". Royal Society. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. "Professor Andrew King". University of Oxford. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  4. Andrew King publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  5. "Professor Andrew John King". merton.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. King, Andrew John (1984). The representation of visual and auditory space in the guinea-pig superior colliculus. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. OCLC 728450367. Copac 23219292.
  7. Anon (2015). "Royal Society Elections". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
  8. Anon (2018). "Professor Andrew King FMedSci FRS". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Retrieved 14 May 2018. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
    "All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." --"Terms, conditions and policies | Royal Society". Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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