Anya Hurlbert

The Viscountess Ridley
BornApril 1958 (age 67)
Alma materPrinceton University (BS)
Cambridge University
(MASt, MA)
MIT (PhD)
Harvard Medical School (MD)
Spouse
(m. 1989)
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsVision science
InstitutionsNewcastle University, UK
Doctoral advisorTomaso Poggio and Peter Schiller

Anya Christine Hurlbert, also known as Viscountess Ridley (born April 1958), is a British academic who is Professor of Visual Neuroscience and Dean of Advancement at Newcastle University. Her research involves the study of the interaction between colour and light, and how these are interpreted by the human brain.