Dr Andrew Steele participating in Cosmic Shambles Live, a mind-blowing rollercoaster of science, comedy and general wonder
Dr Andrew Steele is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Francis Crick Institute in London. He works on understanding genomic data and medical records using machine learning techniques such as neural networks as part of the Luscombe Lab. His PhD was in physics, examining magnetism and superconductivity by taking new materials to particle accelerators and firing beams of particles called muons at them. He decided to make this slightly unusual leap between fields after realising that ageing, and all the diseases it causes, is the single largest cause of contemporary human suffering. By understanding the underlying ageing process, we could treat or even prevent many of these diseases simultaneously. So He thought he should learn some biology and try to do something about that. He also is a passionate campaigner for science funding. He chair's a grassroots group Science is Vital, who organised a campaign including a 1600-strong delivery of postcards to the Treasury and a sold-out live event in the run-up to last year’s Spending Review. He also created Scienceogram, which aims to make sense of science spending by putting our investment into context, from deaths to weddings and peanuts. He has talked about science in every format from documentary to stand-up comedy. On TV, he is a regular expert on documentary series "Impossible Engineering", which looks at how the innovators of the past have enabled the technological marvels in the modern world. He has also been on The One Show, ITV News, and the brilliantly entitled Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, and talked on BBC Radio 4, and the BBC World Service. Online, He fronts the YouTube series Lab, Camera, Action!, which he writes, presents and co-produces. He is also a very experienced live presenter, talking to secondary students, teachers and the general public in venues from lecture theatres to actual theatres.
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