Adam Rutherford
Adam Rutherford | |
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Rutherford at QED, 2013 | |
| Born | Adam David Rutherford January 1975 (age 51) |
| Citizenship | British, New Zealand |
| Education | Ipswich School |
| Alma mater | University College London (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Inside Science |
| Awards | David Attenborough Award and Lecture, 2021 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Thesis | The role of CHX10 in the development of the mammalian retina (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jane Sowden |
| Website | www |
Adam David Rutherford (born January 1975) is an English geneticist and science communicator. He was an audio-visual content editor for the journal Nature for a decade, and is a frequent contributor to the newspaper The Guardian. He formerly hosted the BBC Radio 4 programmes Inside Science and (with Hannah Fry) The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry; has produced several science documentaries; and has published books related to genetics and the origin of life.
He is an honorary senior research associate in the division of biosciences at University College London.
Rutherford became President of Humanists UK in June 2022, succeeding Alice Roberts.