David A. Sinclair

David A. Sinclair
Sinclair in 2020
Born (1969-06-26) 26 June 1969
Citizenship
  • Australia
  • United States
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales (BSc, PhD)
Known forResearch on aging
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular genetics
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School
Doctoral advisorIan Dawes
Other academic advisorsLeonard Guarente

David Andrew Sinclair AO (born June 26, 1969) is an Australian-American biologist and academic known for his research on aging and epigenetics. Sinclair is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and the founding director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Harvard. He is the co-author of Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don't Have To.