Researcher spotlight: Radwa Khalil

Radwa Khalil is an interdisciplinary neuroscientist and lecturer with 15+ years of research and five years of teaching across neuroscience and psychology. Her work sits at the junction of brain science and classroom practice—especially how emotion shapes attention, memory, and motivation. Radwa’s north star is impact; she often frames research as Service + Collaboration + Consistency + Possibilities = Achievement, a mindset reflected in her cross-institutional projects and public-facing explainers.

Radwa’s recent explainer on why learning is emotional before it is cognitive aligns closely with GOER’s standards for teaching & learning, learner wellbeing, and safeguarding. By grounding practice in affective neuroscience, her work helps educators design cultures of safety and belonging that drive persistence and attainment.

Selected publications & profiles

• European Journal of Neuroscience article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ejn.70024

• Human Brain Mapping article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hbm.70182

• ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Radwa-Khalil

• Frontiers Loop profile: https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/43157/overview

Radwa Khalil’s research-to-practice lens is exactly what schools need to translate neuroscience into everyday teaching—clear, humane, and measurably effective.