Who Are We?

Diana O'Carroll

Diana began life as an archaeologist, capitalising on the sponsored trips to exotic places like Argentina and er…Peterborough. But feeling the inevitable tug of science, and because she got to study cool mummies, she took on a Masters in bioarchaeology, a qualification which comes in handy in her present role organising the lives of various Cambridge virologists. Through this she met the Naked Scientists and became the host of Question of the Week.

In her spare time Diana presents a weekly show on Radio Addenbrooke’s; writes hopeful grant applications to study her very, very specialist subject; competes on her Xbox dancemats; eats lots of cake and burns it all off in the gym. She has also been seen shooting arrows, riding horses, climbing big hills and putting computers back together – usually with a screw and a cable or two left over…