Roger Highfield

Roger Highfield was born in Wales, raised in north London and became the first

person to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble.

He was the Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph for two decades, Editor of New

Scientist between 2008 and 2011 and today is the Science Director of the Science

Museum Group, a group of five museums visited by around 5.5 million people

annually.

A member of the Medical Research Council, visiting professor at the Department

of Chemistry, UCL, and the Dunn School, University of Oxford, Roger has written

or co-authored ten books, the latest being Virtual You (March 2023). His next,

Stephen Hawking: Genius at Work, will be published in March 2024. He also edited

two books by Craig Venter.

To find out more, or contact Roger, go to his website.