Nikolaus’s career in Science Communication has seen him work across festivals, discovery centres, with universities as well as across the public and charity sectors.

From graduating University of Sheffield with a Biochemistry and Microbiology MBiolSci in 2015, he went on to have one of the coolest job titles in SciComm, ‘Science Explainer’ at the International Centre for Life. It was there where he got taught many core skills of communicating STEM topics in entertaining and informative ways for a range of public audiences.

Spending five years working with the UK's nuclear fusion research institute, UKAEA, Nikolaus branched out from biological sciences and discovered the value in being a multidisciplinary STEM communicator.

For the last few years, Nikolaus has been working for Cancer Research UK to inspire supporters to generously donate to the charity and fund life-saving science. As Science Engagement Manager, he creates a variety of content from engaging event experiences through to developing interactive activities, as well as presenting, writing, and creating videos to explain the impact of the charity’s funded research made possible by others.

Annie currently works as the Senior Public, Patient Involvement and Engagement Officer at King's College London, supporting researchers and innovators to engage and involve patients and the public with their work across biomedical engineering, medical imaging and digital health.

Before this, Annie completed her PhD in the biology of pancreatic cancer initiation at the University of Cambridge, where she started to explore science communication and public engagement. After taking part in science festivals, making Youtube videos and running a programme of science art workshops in local schools alongside work in the lab, she decided it was time to leave the lab and do engagement full time!

Jean-Baptiste Gouyon is Professor of Science Communication, and Head of Department at the UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies. His research is about the history of science communication. He is the author of BBC Wildlife Documentaries in the Age of Attenborough (Palgrave 2019).

Before becoming an academic, Jean-Baptiste was a science journalist in France for a few years. 

Dr Güneş Taylor is a Chancellor’s Fellow in the Centre of Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh. As a molecular biologist she uses many cutting-edge technologies to understand how reproductive systems are built. Her research program focusses on unravelling details of ovarian follicle activation, with the ultimate hope of developing solutions for women’s health and fertility.

Güneş is a highly experienced public speaker, regularly appearing at public venues discussing future technologies and sex differences with household names. Her efforts in science communication were recognised with the inaugural Francis Crick Institute Science Communication award in 2018. Over the last ten years, she has been interviewed for numerous articles and podcasts and judged many science communication competitions. Güneş was editor for The Genetics Society magazine between 2023-2025.

Tom Ireland is an award-winning science journalist and magazine editor. He edits The Biologist, the magazine of the Royal Society of Biology, and has written science stories for outlets including BBC News, New Scientist and the Observer. Tom speaks to and interviews hundreds of scientists a year, helping different readerships understand the wonder of nature and the power of science. His recent book, The Good Virus, was named as a book of the year by both The Times and Waterstones.