Duncan Astle is the Gnodde Goldman Sachs Professor of Neuroinformatics at the University of Cambridge, and leads a research group focussing on how the brain develops through childhood and adolescence. In recent years Duncan has pioneered some really exciting methods for modelling how brain networks develop over time.

In this episode, Duncan tells us about his last minute decision to study psychology, his experiences being a first generation student at university, what it means to 'get' academia, the importance of creativity in science, how he thinks about managing people in his lab who know more than him, what being a Professor of Neuroinformatics really means, and much more…