Science presenting
I like communicating science, I always have. I like sharing things that are beautiful and astonishing, and I like it when I can help others to understand, to feel empowered, and to be curious about everything from the shape of a raindrop to what happens below -273°C.
I've spent a lot of time making short films about science, but I’m not a filmmaker – I’m really more of a writer, communicator and teacher.
I never set out to win any prizes; I just wanted to try to inspire people and to help to solve some global problems.
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I now often support big organisations and start-ups with communicating science.
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I have made a couple of short films, which are further below, but first, here's my showreel and some short explainer videos...
*YouTube is my portfolio space.
My following is on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
My films
I made these two films to spread the word about the disappearance of global soil, and the crisis of plastic in the ocean (and now air too).
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I made both films long before I managed to get enough funding to edit them together. Hopefully, in the near future, there'll be more funding around for environmental science communication!
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Future work
The world is awash with “content” these days. Producing more of it without planning exactly how it’s going to make a positive impact mostly just favours the social media platforms and bounces around an echo chamber.
I used to make a large number of videos to get what I felt were important and interesting messages out, blending the fun with the vital, but I have now decided to focus entirely on projects with a positive impact strategy.
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That said, I am always keen to try to fit in talks, filming, panels, podcasts etc. where possible, if I'm confident that I will be making a positive difference.
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If you'd like to work on something together then know that...
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What I am good at is telling stories and explaining things in a way that’s fun, accessible and for a broad audience. I am also a big nerd, so I am quite up to date with the latest research in various areas of science.
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What I am not good at is towing a line when the truth is more important.
Am I qualified to
communicate science?
I studied chemistry and biophysics at the University of Oxford, my master’s thesis was all about birds migrating in magnetic fields.
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Since university, I have never stopped reading and learning. I’m currently sitting a cosmology course at Princeton and this morning, I was learning about how parrotfish make most of the white sand in the world.
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So, yes, I’ll happily talk about most things in science, and if I’ve never heard of something before, I’ll enjoy finding out about it even more!
And since you've made it this far down the page, here's a short video I made to promote a show I did a few years ago at WOMAD festival.