30 November 2011
We report, with great sadness, the death on 28 November of Jon Driver, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, and one of the world’s leading
psychologists and neuroscientists.
Professor Jon Driver
Professor Driver was
formerly Director of the UCL Institute of
Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN) and from 2009 Royal
Society Anniversary Research Professor, jointly at the ICN and at the Wellcome Trust
Centre for Neuroimaging at Queen Square.
He was an outstanding scientist whose
seminal contributions have had a huge international impact. He trained many of
the world’s leading cognitive neuroscientists and was an exceptional leader. He
was a Fellow of both the Academy of Medical Sciences and the British
Academy, and a member of Academia Europaea.
Jon’s many friends and colleagues are
in shock at the news of his tragic and untimely death.
UCL President & Provost Professor Malcolm Grant said, “Jon was
truly outstanding, not only as a scientist but as a colleague. He gave selfless
support and inspirational leadership to others. His vision and drive were
central to the team that was successful in securing the Sainsbury–Wellcome
Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour. We have lost a superb colleague.”
Professor Ray Dolan said: “Jon was a dear friend and an inspirational colleague. All of us who worked with him admired his selflessness, his superb intellect and his integrity. The neuroscience community has lost an irreplaceable figure.”