Jim Al-Khalili

Jim Al-Khalili OBE is an Iraqi-born British theoretical physicist, author, and broadcaster. He is currently professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. He has hosted several BBC productions about science and is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific. In 2007, he was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for science communication, and his books include Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed, Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics, and Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology, which was nominated for the Royal Society Winton Prize in 2015.