Wendy Suzuki
Wendy Suzuki is a neuroscientist, author, and NYU dean who shares the science of memory, movement, and everyday anxiety through books, talks, and online conversations.
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Known for
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- Work
- Neuroscientist, author, and science communicator
- At NYU
- Dean of the College of Arts and Science; professor of neural science and psychology
- Training
- UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, and the National Institutes of Health
- Known for
- Explaining the links between exercise, memory, and brain plasticity
Mini bio
How it started.
Wendy trained at UC Berkeley with brain plasticity researcher Marian Diamond, earned her neuroscience PhD at UC San Diego, and did postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health. She joined NYU’s faculty in 1998, building a career studying how the brain forms and retains memories.
A personal turning point.
After years of putting her lab first, a rafting trip in Peru made Wendy realize how unfit she felt. Back in New York, she joined a gym. As exercise became a habit, she noticed changes in her mood, focus, and writing. That experience helped redirect her research toward exercise and the brain.
Sharing the science.
Her 2015 book Healthy Brain, Happy Life brought together personal memoir and neuroscience. Her TEDWomen 2017 talk, The brain-changing benefits of exercise, reached a much wider audience after its online release. Good Anxiety followed in 2021, exploring how everyday worries can offer useful information and prompt action.
Where fans find her now.
Alongside her work as dean of NYU’s College of Arts and Science, Wendy shares explanations of brain science on Instagram and in long-form interviews. Memory, movement, anxiety, and human connection keep coming back in those conversations.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2021Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood EmotionAuthor and audiobook narrator
- 2015Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything BetterAuthor
Talks
- 2017The brain-changing benefits of exerciseTEDWomen speaker
Awards
Quotes
The first step is to realize that anxiety is there for protection.Wendy Suzuki, The School of Greatness
In her March 2026 conversation with Lewis Howes, she discussed the protective purpose of anxiety.
Trivia
- She is a certified exercise instructor and had her TEDWomen audience stand up for a short workout.
- Her favorite brain area is the hippocampus, which she studies in relation to memory.
- She has told a story for The Moth about saying “I love you” to her parents as an adult.
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