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Medical Doctor & Radio Broadcaster on the BBC, The Naked Scientist

Dr. Chris Smith is a doctor and a clinical lecturer in virology at Cambridge University. Deciding that medicine wasn’t soaking up enough of his free time, Chris started the Naked Scientists radio show in 2001, podcast and website. The Naked Scientists is now one of the world’s most downloaded science podcasts, the number of downloaded programme episodes having exceeded 8 million internationally.

The Naked Scientists is now one of the world’s most downloaded science podcasts

[expand title=”In detail”] Dr. Chris Smith presents the Naked Scientists and also makes weekly appearances on ABC Radio National, Australia, and on BBC Radio Five Live. He fronts the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemistry World podcast and also founded and presented the first 100 episodes of the Nature Podcast for the journal Nature, the first example of an international science journal producing an audio programme to supplement its printed content. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Dr. Chris Smith’s aim is to help people enjoy science as much as he does and, at the same time, to have fun. He is a savvy speaker who strips science down to its bare essentials, and promotes it to his wide ranging audience of all ages and backgrounds. He uses his wit and charm to lift the lid on the curious, crazy and compelling – and answer those questions you never thought to ask.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Dr. Chris Smith is a very likeable medical doctor at home taking science questions on any subject live from the listening public. He does a wonderful job of distilling complex scientific processes, theories, and issues into language that worldwide audiences can easily understand.[/expand]

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Topics

Science Laid Bare

Communicating Science to the General Public

Publications

2008
The Return of the Naked Scientist

Crisp Packet Fireworks

2006
Naked Science

Awards & Recognition
His work on the Naked Scientists also won Chris..;

2008
The Peter Wildy Prize for Science Communication from the Society for General Microbiology

2007
The JOSH Award for science communication
The Royal Society’s Kohn Award for Excellence in Public Engagement

2006
The Bioscience Federation Prize for Science Communication

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