Mohamed Hesham Khalil is the theorist of Neurosustainability, exploring how the built environment can sustain brain health through neuroplasticity. His PhD at the University of Cambridge, funded by the Cambridge Trust and the Jameel Education Foundation, has produced 25 peer-reviewed publications across neuroscience, architecture, and public health, with an h-index of 12.
His research has been covered by Forbes among 49+ outlets across 15 countries.
Currently, Mohamed is collaborating with the Spatial Cognition Lab at UCL’s Faculty of Brain Sciences on fMRI studies of architectural experience, and with the MRC Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge on built environment and public health biomarkers.
His Neurosustainability mini-series on Constructive Voices, featuring Prof. Agustín Ibáñez (Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin) and Dr. Burcin Ikiz in the final episode, was shortlisted for Best Limited Series at the Publisher Podcast Awards.
Mohamed serves as a peer reviewer for 14 journals spanning neuroscience, architecture, and urban science, including Nature’s Scientific Reports and journals published by Elsevier and Frontiers, and is a guest editor for a special issue in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.