Our Authors

Richard Lomax was born in South Africa in 1953. He runs his own business marketing LED lamps. Richard is a PADI advanced diver who loves diving with sharks, dolphins and whales. He writes and talks on the radio about life under the sea.

Jeff Zilahy has been fascinated by science and technology as long as can be remembered. He received his masters in math education from Arcadia University, and usually can be found in and around Philadelphia teaching maths, playing online chess, and avidly seeking out new adventures. In 2010, Jeff released a recreational math book "A Cultural Paradox: Fun in Mathematics", which can be found on Google Books or Amazon.

Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts is a PhD student in Physics at the Cavendish laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He is regular contributor to Nature Education’s Student Voices blog and to Cambridge Science Magazine, Bluesci.

John Aveson is a PhD student in the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy in the University of Cambridge. He previously obtained an MEng in Materials Science from the University of Oxford.

David Collins is a PhD student in the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on advanced high temperature materials used in jet engines. Previously, he obtained an MEng in Aerospace Materials from Imperial College London.

Bill Clegg is Professor of Materials Science & Metallurgy and Fellow & Director of Studies in Natural Sciences, Selwyn College. His research interests include the mechanical behaviour of materials and the effects of processing on structure and properties.

Will Hamilton is a student combining a degree in medicine from the University of Cambridge with a PhD from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. He is interested in evolutionary biology and infectious diseases from the tropics, like malaria and parasitic worms. His PhD focuses on the evolution of the malaria parasite in South-East Asia.

Richard Johnston is a lecturer in Materials Science at Swansea University with a passion for science and public engagement. He brings a materials perspective to exciting areas of science including glaciology, Egyptology, aerospace, psychology and regenerative medicine.

Katrina Stewart is a medical student at Cambridge University who was an internship student with The Naked Scientists. She enjoys biochemistry, burning cakes, and inspecting little creatures under her microscope. She is interested in finding ways to communicate the message of science to patients and the general public.

Kara Majerus is currently studying for her MSc in Biological Photography and Imagery at the University of Nottingham, following the completion of a BSc in Zoology with Animal Behaviour at Bangor University. She is a regular contributor to the Amateur Entomologists Society bulletin and Bug Club magazines and does scientific outreach work as a STEM Ambassador.

Caroline Bell is currently doing her MSc in marine biology at Rhodes University, South Africa, and has discovered that rocky shore ecology is quite an adventure at the best of times. She now knows exactly what phase of the moon it is at any given time and when the best low tide is! Its all quite a change from the terrestrial ecology she'd done before 2011. From lemurs, to elephants, to environmental education, she has had all sorts of fun times outdoors and loves new challenges in science and nature.

Harshal is fascinated by the field of aerospace materials because it is constantly challenged by the need for state-of-the-art performance in harsh and nasty environments. He loves to work with exotic metals and his current work essentially involves squeezing and pulling such materials and then heating them to temperatures about 10-12°C below their melting point - sometimes they melt too, which is always fun! He is currently a research student at the Rolls-Royce UTP in the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at University of Cambridge, before which he studied aerospace materials at Imperial College London. In the future he intends to keep torturing and melting aerospace materials.

Ayan is currently a PhD student at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. His doctoral work focuses on exploring alternative material classes for jet turbine parts to the existing Ni-based superalloys. Prior to this, he had obtained his bachelors and masters degrees in Materials Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India respectively.