Cognitive neuroscience · Research Leader
Megan A. K. Peters: UC Irvine to UCL
Megan A. K. Peters joined University College London from the University of California, Irvine in July 2026.
Stated policy reasons
"It became very apparent, very quickly, that the new administration did not value higher education" (NPR, 30 June 2026, on why she left her tenured UC Irvine position; she also told NPR of UK funding sources: "There are certainly [opportunities] that are not available to me here in the [United] States")
About Megan A. K. Peters
Megan A. K. Peters studies the neural basis of cognition.
Sources3
- NPRJun 2026Tier B · ReportingAfter Trump's cuts to science, these U.S. scientists moved abroad to the U.K.Jun 2026
NPR · Tier B · Reporting
- Megan A. K. Peters (personal site)Tier A · Primary sourcemegan peters homepage
Megan A. K. Peters (personal site) · Tier A · Primary source
- University College LondonTier A · Primary sourceMegan Peters | About | University College London
University College London · Tier A · Primary source
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