Aditi Shankardass

Aditi Shankardass
Born	London, UK
Nationality	British
Fields	Neuroscience
Institutions	Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Alma mater	King's College London, University College London, University of Sheffield
Known for	Cognitive Neuroscience, EEG, Dyslexia, Autism

Aditi Shankardass (Hindi: अदिती शंकरदास) is a British neuroscientist. She has been listed as one of the "8 Scientists Who Are Changing The World" alongside Stephen Hawking and Sir Tim Berners Lee.

Her pioneering clinical work using electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings of the brain to help diagnose developmental disorders in children has been covered by the press worldwide, including CNN,ABC News,Times of India, and Financial Express, and was the subject of her widely acclaimed TED talk in 2009 at the TED conference.

The work of her team at Harvard Medical School on the creation of a specific neurological biomarkers for autism has been featured in the Time Magazine special edition "TIME 100 New Scientific Discoveries". Her previous work using EEG recordings of the brain to help identify the underlying neurological cause of dyslexia was the subject of her presentation at the United Kingdom Parliament in 2001 at the Annual Reception for Britain's Top Young Scientists, Engineers and Technologists.

Shankardass serves as a board member of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation, an organisation devoted to raising global awareness of neurological and psychiatric disorders. She has been a consultant for the BBC Science Line in the UK, providing expertise for radio and TV documentaries.

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