Alice Roberts

Alice began her career in medicine before moving from surgery into academia, teaching clinical anatomy and researching human origins and ancient diseases. Passionate about sharing university generated knowledge, she has been Professor of Public Engagement with Science at the University of Birmingham since 2012. She has received eight honorary doctorates, led organisations such as the Association for Science Education and the British Science Association, and won the Royal Society's David Attenborough Award for Public Engagement in 2020. This year, she appears in three major series: Lost Grail with Alice Roberts (Sky History), Roman Empire by Train (Channel 4) and Barts: Our Hospital Through Time (Channel 5). Alongside her broadcasting work, Alice has written fourteen books. The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being was shortlisted for the 2015 Wellcome Book Prize, and her trilogy'Ancestors, Buried and Crypt'explores insights from burial archaeology and genetics, with Crypt becoming a Sunday