Dr. Daniel Glaser is a neuroscientist and writer and was founding director of Science Gallery London and Winston Churchill Fellow 2019.

Dr. Daniel Glaser is a neuroscientist who has worked for many years promoting public engagement with science. He was a Winston Churchill Fellow in 2019 and was Founding Director of Science Gallery London. He was previously Head of Engaging Science at the Wellcome Trust responsible for all external funding for public engagement and the arts. His scientific background involves brain imaging of the visual system. In 2002 he was appointed ‘Scientist in Residence’ at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) and in 2005 received a Cultural Leadership Award from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). He has presented and contributed to numerous television and radio programmes and was the first scientist to be one of our Booker judges.