Matt Lambon-Ralph is Director of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and Professor of Cognitive Brain Sciences at the University of Cambridge. After completing his PhD at York University, he held positions at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge and the University of Bristol, before becoming Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Manchester in 2001. There, he also served as Associate Vice-President for Research and Director of the Manchester Doctoral College.

His research examines semantic memory, language and aphasia, and the mechanisms supporting recovery, rehabilitation and neuroplasticity following brain injury or neurodegenerative disease. His group combines neuropsychological studies with computational modelling, brain stimulation and neuroimaging to understand the cognitive and neural basis of these abilities and disorders.

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy and the British Psychological Society, and a Senior Investigator Emeritus for the NIHR. His contributions to cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology have been recognised through several major awards and leadership roles in national and international professional societies.