Matthew Walker

Matthew Paul Walker is an English professor and scientist specializing in psychology and neuroscience at the University of California at Berkeley. He is among the most known public intellectuals working on the science of sleep. For his work on the impact on sleep on longevity and health he has received awards and honors from the likes of The National Academy of Sciences and Harvard. His work has also been published in more than 100 research journals. Walker came into the limelight with the publishing of “Why We Sleep,” his definite work in 2017. The work went on to become an international bestselling title. He became a public intellectual and has given talks to companies such as Microsoft and Google and has been interviewed by the likes of Christiane Amanpour of CNN. As an academic, his work at Berkeley uses functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the brain and sleep. His research is about the role of sleep in aspects of human life including aspects such as brain plasticity, memory processing and learning. He also investigates other aspects such as aggression and depression.