Adrian Owen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Adrian Owen

British neuroscientist

Date of Birth: 17-May-1966

Place of Birth: Gravesend, England, United Kingdom

Profession: neuroscientist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Adrian Mark Owen (born 17 May 1966) is a British neuroscientist and best-selling author .
He is best known for his 2006 discovery, published in the journal Science, showing that some patients thought to be in a persistent vegetative state are in fact fully aware and (shown subsequently) able to communicate with the outside world using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
In the 2019 New Year Honours List, Owen was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to scientific research.