Nathan Woodling received his B.S. degree with highest honours in Biology and Neuroscience from Emory University, where he was awarded a Robert T Jones Scholarship to study at the University of St Andrews after his undergraduate degree. He then went on to receive his Ph.D. from Stanford University, where his work focused on the roles played by microglia in mouse and cell culture models of Alzheimer’s disease. He moved to London to take on post-doctoral training under the supervision of Professor Dame Linda Partridge, where his work uncovered a role for glial cells, and particularly astrocytes, in modulating healthy lifespan and ageing. In 2019, he was awarded an Alzheimer’s Society Junior Fellowship to investigate the interaction between neurons and astrocytes both in the ageing process itself and in age-associated susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease.