The next RED School will be March 15-21, 2026
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Here’s the team of teachers in charge of this year’s courses, with whom you’ll have the opportunity to interact
Astrobiology, biosignatures, cosmic radiation, science communication
I graduated from Oxford University with a First Class degree in Biological Sciences and completed my PhD at University College London in 2007. I now hold the Professorship in Science Communication at the University of Westminster. My research is in the field of astrobiology and the search for microbial life on Mars. I have also held a STFC Science in Society Fellowship and am very active in delivering live events at schools and science festivals, working as a scientific consultant for the media, and have appeared in numerous TV documentaries and radio shows. I have won several awards for my science writing and outreach work and regularly freelance for newspapers and magazine articles. I have also published five books: THE KNOWLEDGE was the Sunday Times ‘New Thinking’ Book of the Year and international bestseller, and ORIGINS: How the Earth Made Us is a Sunday Times top History book of 2019. My most recent book, BEING HUMAN: How our Biology shaped World History came out in June 2023 and was a Waterstones Book of the Year.