{"id":6,"date":"2013-08-16T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.wordpress.com\/?page_id=1"},"modified":"2024-11-15T09:56:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T09:56:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1817 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/01-UK_pbk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\">Prof. Lewis Dartnell is a <a title=\"Scientist\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/scientist\/\">research scientist<\/a>, <a title=\"Presenter\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/presenter\/\">presenter<\/a> and <a title=\"Author\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/author\/\">author<\/a> based in London, UK.<\/p>\n<p>I graduated from Oxford University with a First Class degree in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biology.ox.ac.uk\/course.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biological Sciences<\/a> 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2013\/12\/how-to-become-an-astrobiologist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">astrobiology<\/a> and the search for microbial life on Mars. I have also&nbsp;held a STFC&nbsp;Science in Society Fellowship and am very active in delivering <a href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/public-lectures\/\">live events<\/a> at schools and science festivals, working as a scientific consultant for the media, and have appeared in numerous <a title=\"Film and TV\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/film-tv\/\">TV<\/a>&nbsp;documentaries and <a title=\"Radio and podcasts\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/radio-and-podcasts\/\">radio<\/a>&nbsp;shows. I have won several awards for my science writing and outreach work and regularly freelance for newspapers and magazine <a title=\"Articles\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/articles\/\">articles<\/a>. I&nbsp;have also published five&nbsp;<a title=\"Books\" href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/books\/\">books<\/a>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/the-knowledge.org\/en-gb\/the-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">THE KNOWLEDGE<\/a>&nbsp;was the&nbsp;Sunday Times &#8216;New Thinking&#8217; Book of the Year and international bestseller, and <a href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2019\/01\/origins-earth-made-us\/\">ORIGINS: How the Earth Made Us<\/a>&nbsp;is a Sunday Times top History book of 2019. My most recent book, <a href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/beinghuman\/\">BEING HUMAN: How our Biology shaped World History<\/a> came out in June 2023 and was a Waterstones Book of the Year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please contact me<strong> <a href=\"mailto:lewis@lewisdartnell.com\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lewis@lewisdartnell.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can also follow me on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lewis_dartnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrLewisDartnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FaceBook<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lewis-dartnell-12a9031b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Lewis_Dartnell2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1285\" src=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TED_talk-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"TED_talk\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TED_talk-1024x478.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TED_talk-300x140.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/TED_talk.jpg 1045w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"Lewis_Dartnell\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Lewis Dartnell is a research scientist, presenter and author based in London, UK. 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