About the Speaker:

Dr Sam Illingworth is Associate Professor in Academic Practice at the ‪Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. His research is concerned with trying to engage and empower people with science, especially those without a voice. He writes science poems to try and communicate some of the beautiful and important scientific research that is being done on a daily basis, all across the world.

He has internationally-recognised expertise in interdisciplinary studies, with a background in environmental science. He is a Senior Fellow of the UK’s Higher Education Academy, with 60 publications and a h-index of 15. He is also the Chief Executive Editor of Geoscience Communication, co-director of the Manchester Game Studies Network, and founder of the poetry journal Consilience.

He is the author of A Sonnet to Science, Effective Science Communication, The Poetry of Science and other books.