Speaking & media

I regularly give popular science talks, and I am a TED Senior Fellow. I have spoken at events including Talks@Google, TED2018 and the TED Interview, TEDx Liverpool, British Science Festival, Harrogate International Festival, Green Man Festival, Soho House and Off Grid. In 2016, I was selected to give the British Science Association Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture and my Royal Institution talk has been viewed over three million times.

Media coverage

My research and writing been profiled by media outlets including The New York Times, The Times, De Standaard, El País, and O Globo. I have also contributed to documentaries including BBC Horizon, and given interviews about outbreak analysis to broadcasters including BBC News, Channel 4 News, CBS, CNN, ITV News, and Sky News.