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Prof Mark Miodownik

Mark is an engineer and materials scientist.

He currently teaches and runs a research group at University College London (UCL).

He received his Ph.D in turbine jet engine alloys from Oxford University, and has worked as a materials engineer in the USA, Ireland and the UK.

For more than twenty years he has championed materials science research that links to the arts and humanities, medicine, and society.

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Mark has a PhD in jet engineering. He has worked internationally as a material scientist in America, Ireland and within the UK.

He currently conducts much of his research at the Mechanical Engineering department at UCL, with research areas including self-assembling materials, self-healing materials and psychophysical properties of materials.

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Professor Mark Miodownik on TV

Mark has also contributed his scientific expertise on television and the radio, appearing on How It Works and Chef vs Science for BBC4 and the Genius of Invention, Wonderstuff and Dara O’Briain’s Science Club for BBC2.

Prof Mark Miodownik – Educational Science Speaker

He regularly holds talks on engineering and materials science at schools and festivals. In 2010, he gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and in 2013, won the Royal Academy of Engineering Rooke Medal. His book, Stuff Matters, was awarded the US National Academies Communication Award, Physics World Book of the Year, the Royal Society Winton Book Prize and a New York Times Best Seller.

Professor Mark Miodownik Awards

Mark was recognised by The Times as one of the top 100 most influential scientists in the UK.