Matthew Walker
Neuroscientist and sleep researcher
Matthew Walker is a British neuroscientist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies how sleep affects human health. He wrote Why We Sleep.
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British Born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
About Matthew Walker
Matthew Walker is a British scientist who teaches neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Liverpool, and his research explores how sleep relates to human health and disease. He holds a Ph.D. in neurophysiology. Before Berkeley, he held a professorship in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has worked on many scientific studies. Why We Sleep (2017) was his first popular science book.