Author

Books by Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker is a British neuroscientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he directs the Center for Human Sleep Science. He previously held a professorship at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on the impact of sleep on human health, brain function, and disease. Before Why We Sleep, published in 2017, his work was known primarily within academic sleep medicine. The book brought his findings to a general audience and became an international bestseller, though it also drew peer criticism for some overstated causal claims.