David A. Sinclair

Professor at Harvard and the World Foremost Expert on the Human Longevity

"Tricking the body with scarcity keeps us young."

David A. Sinclair (Officer of the Order of Australia, AO) is a professor in the Genetics Department at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. In 2020, his lab was the first to show that aging can be safely reversed in an animal to cure blindness, a discovery that has led to a multi-billion-dollar industry aiming to treat human diseases and extend lifespan by controlling the aging process. David is president of the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research and is also co-founder of the scientific journal Aging.

He obtained a BS and a PhD in Sydney Australia, then moved to MIT where he discovered why yeast cells age, the first proven cause of aging for any organism.

Sinclair is the inventor of more than 50 patents and has more than 40 awards. TIME magazine considers him as One of 100 Most Influential People.

His The New York Times bestselling book Lifespan: Why We Age and Why We Don't Have To has been published in more than 20 languages and his podcast Lifespan with David Sinclair is a top podcast in the health and fitness category.

He obtained a BS and a PhD in Sydney Australia, then moved to MIT where he discovered why yeast cells age, the first proven cause of aging for any organism.

Sinclair is the inventor of more than 50 patents and has more than 40 awards. TIME magazine considers him as One of 100 Most Influential People.

His The New York Times bestselling book Lifespan: Why We Age and Why We Don't Have To has been published in more than 20 languages and his podcast Lifespan with David Sinclair is a top podcast in the health and fitness category.