Trevor Robbins
| Trevor William Robbins | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 November 1949 |
| Institutions |
University of Cambridge Downing College, Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Thesis | An analysis of the behavioural effects of d-amphetamine (1975) |
| Notable awards |
Fellow of the Royal Society Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize 2014 |
| Spouse | Barbara Sahakian |
Trevor William Robbins CBE FRS FMedSci is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. Robbins has an international reputation in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, behavioural neuroscience and psychopharmacology.
Robbins is Director of the University of Cambridge Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute (BCNI). He is a Fellow of Downing College and Past-President of the British Neuroscience Association (BNA), the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) and the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS).
Following admittance in Jesus College at the University of Cambridge, Robbins obtained his Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in psychology in 1971. Following this, he received his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 1975 for an analysis of the behavioural effects of Dextroamphetamine.
Robbins is a keen chess player and represented both England Juniors in 1967 and the University of Cambridge as an undergraduate. He was once ranked in the top twenty players in England and had one of his wins from a Varsity match in 1970 featured as a classic game in The Sunday Times.
Robbins was appointed as a Demonstrator in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge in 1973. He was subsequently promoted to Lecturer and Reader, before becoming Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in 1997. Robbins was elected to the Chair, and therefore Head of Department, of Psychology in October 2002.
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