Sir Richard FAULL KNZM, BMedSc, MB, ChB, PhD, DSc, FRSNZ

Sir Richard Faull is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland.

During his 45 years at the University, he has established an international reputation for his research studies on the normal and diseased human brain (Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and epilepsy) and with the generous support of families, has established an international leading Human Brain Bank to promote worldwide research on human brain diseases. His research group has revolutionised our knowledge of the human brain by showing that contrary to dogma, stem cells are still present in the adult human brain and have the potential to make new brain cells and repair the brain throughout life.

His contributions to research on the human brain have been recognized by his appointment as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1998) and he was awarded: the Liley Medal by the Health Research Council of New Zealand in 2005; New Zealand’s highest scientific award, the Rutherford Medal, in 2007 by the Royal Society of New Zealand for outstanding contributions in science; and, received the Supreme Award in the 2010 World Class New Zealand Awards.

In 2012 he was appointed Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland and awarded a knighthood by the Queen in 2016 for his contributions to brain research.