Laura Henderson

Laura Henderson is Head of the Frontiers Planet Prize, where she leads strategic deployment, is liaison for key partners and participating institutions across the global scientific community, and coordinates leading international events in which the Planet Prize participates.

Laura joined Frontiers in 2016 to lead and grow their young journal programs across various fields. In late-2021, she moved to the Frontiers Research Foundation, where she headed up FRF’s other non-profit project, Frontiers for Young Minds (FYM), bringing open science and active science engagement to kids worldwide. 

A passionate science communicator, Laura is an invited speaker at many international events, has published multiple editorials and interviews with top-tier media and outlets, and has achieved several key new awards for the FYM project - including being honored as a Falling Walls Science Engagement Winner in 2022.

Laura holds an MA and MPhil from Cambridge University, and has built her career over 20+ years publishing and communicating top-quality scientific research, with extensive prior experience from Cambridge University Press and more.