Professor Dame Linda Partridge

A distinguished geneticist, Professor Dame Linda is internationally renowned for her pioneering research in the biology of ageing and the genetic mechanisms underlying age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. She currently serves as the Weldon Professor of Biometry at the Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London (UCL), and Founding Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany. Professor Dame Linda was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996 and appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2009 for her services to science.

Dame Linda Partridge DBE FRS FRSE FMedSci is a distinguished British geneticist renowned for her pioneering research in the biology and genetics of ageing (biogerontology) and age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. She currently serves as the Weldon Professor of Biometry at the Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London (UCL), and is the Founding Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany

Dame Linda completed her education at the University of Oxford, where she earned her BA, MA, and DPhil degrees. Her career includes significant academic positions at the University of York, the University of Edinburgh, and UCL.

Throughout her career, Dame Linda has received numerous accolades including — in 2009 — both the Royal Society’s Croonian Lecture and the Darwin–Wallace Medal of the Linnean Society of London. Linda has been elected to many prestigious scientific organisations, including the Academy of Medical Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2009, Linda was named a DBE for her services to science. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1996.