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Richard Wingate

Professor Richard Wingate MAP, DPhil

Professor of Developmental Neurobiology

Biography

Richard Wingate is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research addresses how the identity of neurons and their ultimate location in the brain are genetically specified in development and evolution. Richard has a commitment to public communication in science through schools outreach, public speaking, writing and broadcast media and has served on Wellcome Trust Awards panels. He has had a number of successful collaborations with artists and has curated two exhibitions for the King’s Cultural Institute. In 2012, he acted as the scientific advisor for the Wellcome Collection’s “Brains: Mind as Material” exhibition in London and Manchester, and co-authored the accompanying book. He is Editor-in-Chief of Brain Facts.

 Please see my Research Staff Profile for more detail.

Find out more about my research:

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Richard Wingate

 

Key Collaborators:

  • Jon Clarke, King's College London
  • Alessio Delogu, King's College London
  • Cathy Fernandes, Kings College London

Research

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Knowing through Making

Knowing through Making Research Group for the Centre for Education

News

Professor Richard Wingate delivers inaugural lecture "Cerebellar tales: balancing a journey through science, art and education"

On 23 May 2024, Professor Wingate delivered his inaugural lecture as a Professor of Developmental Neurobiology at the IoPPN.

Professor Matthew Hotopf, Professor Richard Wingate and Dr Stephen Webster

Researchers investigate alternatives to student outbound mobility

A team of researchers from the Centre for Education have published a paper looking at alternatives to student outbound mobility and trying to understand how...

student mobility CfE

Events

23May

Professor Richard Wingate - Inaugural Lecture

Join us in celebrating Professor Wingate's inaugural lecture on 'Cerebellar tales: balancing a journey through science, art and education'

Please note: this event has passed.

13Dec

Blending cultures: interdisciplinary lessons for science education

In this CRESTEM seminar, Prof Richard Wingate will look at examples of where blending disciplines enriches science education.

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

IoPPN Inaugural Lectures: 2024

Inaugural lectures are given by newly arrived or promoted professors, who use the opportunity to introduce themselves, to present an overview of their own...

Neurons in the sky

5 minutes with... Richard Wingate

Richard Wingate, is the Director of the Centre for Education and Head of Anatomy at King’s College London and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy....

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Research

KTM hero banner
Knowing through Making

Knowing through Making Research Group for the Centre for Education

News

Professor Richard Wingate delivers inaugural lecture "Cerebellar tales: balancing a journey through science, art and education"

On 23 May 2024, Professor Wingate delivered his inaugural lecture as a Professor of Developmental Neurobiology at the IoPPN.

Professor Matthew Hotopf, Professor Richard Wingate and Dr Stephen Webster

Researchers investigate alternatives to student outbound mobility

A team of researchers from the Centre for Education have published a paper looking at alternatives to student outbound mobility and trying to understand how...

student mobility CfE

Events

23May

Professor Richard Wingate - Inaugural Lecture

Join us in celebrating Professor Wingate's inaugural lecture on 'Cerebellar tales: balancing a journey through science, art and education'

Please note: this event has passed.

13Dec

Blending cultures: interdisciplinary lessons for science education

In this CRESTEM seminar, Prof Richard Wingate will look at examples of where blending disciplines enriches science education.

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

IoPPN Inaugural Lectures: 2024

Inaugural lectures are given by newly arrived or promoted professors, who use the opportunity to introduce themselves, to present an overview of their own...

Neurons in the sky

5 minutes with... Richard Wingate

Richard Wingate, is the Director of the Centre for Education and Head of Anatomy at King’s College London and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy....

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