Stephen Macknik received his PhD at Harvard University in the laboratory of Prof. Margaret Livingstone. He was then a postdoctoral fellow with the Nobel Laureate Prof. David Hubel at Harvard Medical School, and also with Prof. Zach Mainen at Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Dr. Macknik led his first laboratory at University College London, and is currently a Laboratory Director at the Barrow Neurological Institute.

Dr. Macknik’s research and scientific outreach activities have been featured in the [amazon_link id=”B000GFK7L6″ target=”_blank” ]New York Times[/amazon_link], [amazon_link id=”B000FDJ0FS” target=”_blank” ]The Wall Street Journal[/amazon_link],[amazon_link id=”B001BZ47G6″ target=”_blank” ]The Chicago Tribune[/amazon_link], [amazon_link id=”B000HA4FKY” target=”_blank” ]The Boston Globe[/amazon_link], NPR, and Der Spiegel, among hundreds of media stories. He is board member of [amazon_link id=”B002PXVYPU” target=”_blank” ]Scientific American[/amazon_link], where he has published several feature articles and for which he published a free monthly online column on the neuroscience of illusions. His other publication credits include contributions to [amazon_link id=”B004TQ46CE” target=”_blank” ]Nature[/amazon_link], Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, and the [amazon_link id=”115509820X” target=”_blank” ]Proceedings of the National Academy of Science[/amazon_link].