Edith Heard

Edith Heard is a British-French geneticist and researcher born in London in 1965. She specializes in epigenetics and has worked at the Collège de France, Curie Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, and Francis Crick Institute. She resides in Paris and speaks French and English. Heard is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization, the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the French Academy of Sciences. She is also recognized in the collections of the Royal Society and the American Academy Arts Sciences.

Heard received the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the CNRS silver medal, the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science, and was named a Fellow of the Royal Society. She was educated at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. She has two children. Her notable works include *Épigénétique et mémoire cellulaire* and *Epigenetics And Development*.