Russell Foster

Russell Foster
CBE, FRS FMedSci
Born (1959-08-19) 19 August 1959 (age 65)
Aldershot, Hampshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
SpouseElizabeth Ann Downes
Children3
AwardsHonma Prize (Japan), David G. Cogan Award (USA), Zoological Society Scientific and Edridge-Green Medals (UK)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
ThesisAn investigation of the extraretinal photoreceptors mediating photoperiodic induction in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) (1978)
Academic advisorsBrian Follett
Websitewww.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/academic-staff/445-professor-russell-foster

Russell Grant Foster, CBE, FRS FMedSci (born 1959)[1][2] is a British professor of circadian neuroscience, the Director of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and the Head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi).[3][4] He is also a Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow at Brasenose College[5] at the University of Oxford.[6] Foster and his group are credited with key contributions to the discovery of the non-rod, non-cone, photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (pRGCs) in the mammalian retina which provide input to the circadian rhythm system. He has written and co-authored over a hundred scientific publications.[6]

Since 2018 he has been Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Society journal Interface Focus.

  1. ^ Footprint, Professor. "Dellam Corporate Information Limited, England".
  2. ^ Killian Fox (25 June 2022). "Sleep scientist Russell Foster: 'I want to take the anxiety around sleep away'". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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  4. ^ "Russell Foster – Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences". University of Oxford. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/news/1322-professor-russell-foster-cbe Professor Russell Foster, Brasenose College
  6. ^ a b "Russell Foster, BSc, PhD, FRS". Oxford Neuroscience. The Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford. 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.