Professor Dame Linda Partridge
Doctor of Science

Professor Partridge is a leading evolutionary biologist who specialises in research into ageing. She will be awarded an honorary doctorate in recognition of her work on the biology of ageing. Her research is directed to understanding both how the rate of ageing evolves in nature and the mechanisms by which healthy lifespan can be extended in laboratory model organisms. Her work has focused in particular on the role of nutrientsensing pathways, such as the insulin/insulinlike growth factor signalling pathway, and on dietary restriction.

She is the recipient of numerous awards, including giving the Royal Society Croonian Lecture in 2009 and a DBE for services to science. She is a fellow of the Royal Society, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the director of the UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, as well as founding director of the new Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing.