A Financial Times Master of Science and chosen by The Times as one of the 100 most influential
scientists in the UK Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials and Society at University
College London where he is also Director of the Institute of Making. He is the author of the
book Stuff Matters a New York Times bestseller which won the Royal Society Winton Prize. Mark
has also received the Michael Faraday Prize for his expertise in science communication. He
presents BBC TV and Radio programmes on science and engineering such as Everyday Miracles How
It Works Chefs vs Science Secrets of the Super Elements and recently made a three-part BBC
Radio 4 documentary called Plastic Fantastic .
