Biography:Susan Iversen

Short description: British experimental psychologist

Sue Iversen CBE FMedSci
Born	Susan Diana Iversen (1940-02-28) 28 February 1940
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Spouse(s)	Leslie Iversen (1961–2020 (his death))
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Oxford
Doctoral students	Heather Berlin

Susan Diana Iversen CBE FMedSci (born 28 February 1940) is a British experimental psychologist. She is a former Professor of Psychology at the University of Oxford

Early life and education

She attended Girton College, Cambridge. At Cambridge she did a BA in Zoology followed by a PhD in Experimental Psychology.

Career and research

Iversen was a fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, from 1964 to 1975. From 1981 to 1993 she was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. She served as president from 1984 to 1986 of the British Association for Psychopharmacology, which publishes the Journal of Psychopharmacology, and the Experimental Psychology Society from 1988 to 1990. She was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1993 to 2005, and also professor of psychology. She served as head of the department of Experimental Psychology from 1993 to 2000. Iversen has been an effective mentor to many early career scientists who have gone on to become prominent in the field.

Awards and honours

Iverson was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 1999. She served as editor of Neuropsychologia from 1997 to 2000. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours.

Personal life

She married Leslie Iversen in 1961. They have a son and a daughter. She is the daughter of Jack and Edith Kibble.