Semir Zeki was Professor of Neurobiology at University College London (UCL) until 2008 and was subsequently Professor of Neuroaesthetics there until 2025. He is now Professor Emeritus at UCL. He is best known for his work on the organization of the primate visual brain and for research in neuroaesthetics on the brain mechanisms engaged during the experience of beauty. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the American Philosophical Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a founder fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.