Adam Rutherford | |
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Born | Adam David Rutherford January 1975 (age 49)[3][4] |
Citizenship | British, New Zealand[5] |
Education | Ipswich School |
Alma mater | University College London (BSc, PhD) |
Known for | Inside Science |
Children | 3 |
Awards | David Attenborough Award and Lecture, 2021 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | |
Thesis | The role of CHX10 in the development of the mammalian retina (2002) |
Doctoral advisor | Jane Sowden[2] |
Website | www |
Adam David Rutherford (born January 1975)[3][4][6] is a British geneticist and science populariser. He was an audio-visual content editor for the journal Nature for a decade, and is a frequent contributor to the newspaper The Guardian. He formerly hosted the BBC Radio 4 programmes Inside Science and (with Hannah Fry) The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry; has produced several science documentaries; and has published books related to genetics and the origin of life.[7]
He is an honorary senior research associate in the division of biosciences at University College London.[1][8][9]
Rutherford became President of Humanists UK in June 2022, succeeding Alice Roberts.[10]
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