Anil Seth, D.Phil.

Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience – University of Sussex, Brighton UK

Dr. Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and Founding Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science. He is also a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow, TED speaker, and a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

In his work, Dr. Seth seeks to understand the biological basis of consciousness by bringing together research across neuroscience, mathematics, artificial intelligence, computer science, psychology, philosophy and psychiatry.

He has published more than 110 research papers, and he is Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Neuroscience of Consciousness (Oxford University Press). He is Editor and Co-Author of 30 Second Brain (Ivy Press, 2014), was Consultant for Eye Benders (Ivy Press, 2013; winner of the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2014) and Brain Twister (Ivy Press 2014). He contributes regularly to many media including the New Scientist, The Guardian, and the BBC, for which he was profiled by their flagship show The Life Scientific.

Learn more about his work and research at www.anilseth.com.