Mark Miodownik is Professor of Materials & Society at University College London (UCL). He received his PhD in turbine jet engine alloys from Oxford University, and has worked as a materials engineer in the US, Ireland and the UK. For more than twenty years he has championed materials science research that links to the arts and humanities, medicine, and society. This culminated in the establishment of the UCL Institute of Making, where he is a director and runs the research program. Miodownik also set up the Plastic Waste Innovation Hub to carry out research into solving the environmental catastrophe of plastic waste, dealing with topics such as biodegradable plastics and product reuse and repairability.

The multi-award winning author of New York Times bestselling book "Stuff Matters," Miodownik regularly presents on BBC TV and radio programs on materials science and engineering. In 2014, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; in 2018, he was awarded an MBE for services to materials science, engineering and broadcasting.

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