Linda Partridge

Director, Institute of Healthy Ageing and Weldon Professor of Biometry, University College London; Founding Director, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Germany.

Applies principles and methods of evolutionary biology and molecular genetics to study biology of aging. Research focuses on insulin/IGF-like signaling pathway and dietary restriction. Outlines the conceptual, physiological, and genetic bases for trade-offs in life history evolution, such as between high nutrient intake and high reproductive rate and slow aging. Advocates importance of evolution to medicine.

Served as President of the International Society for Behavioural Ecology, the Genetics Society, and the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Served as Vice-President of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the European Society for Evolutionary Biology.

Honors include Dame Commander of the British Empire, Frink Medal, Lord Cohen Medal, Darwin-Wallace Medal, Thomassen a Thuessink Medal, Royal Society Croonian Prize Lecture, and the BBSRC Anniversary Award for Excellence in Bioscience. Awarded honorary degrees by Universities of Bath, Brighton, Oxford and St Andrews. Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medical Sciences. Member of EMBO and Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.