 | Jonathan is a scientist with a passion for performance and communication. Now in the final stages of a PhD in neuroscience at Oxford, his earlier studies ranged from linguistics to biochemistry. Previously he worked for the Science Media Centre and ran the blog and podcast Nerd Alert, as well as acting and singing in productions in Oxford, London, Edinburgh and his home town of Adelaide. More recently he has written for The Conversation and presented videos for Head Squeeze. This year he was a runner-up in the science presenting competition FameLab and in 2014 he will join the BBC science news desk on an Ivan Noble Bursary. |
Are the kids all right?
"To contribute to Battle of Ideas is to add a few words to a giant, communal speech-bubble out of the gap-toothed mouth of British opinion. It is a strong reminder that the joys of free, uncalculated speech and the right to attack orthodoxies can in no way be assumed in 2012 – that we use them or lose them."
Piers Hellawell, composer; professor of composition, Queen’s University Belfast
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