Nate Rae (Braintastic Science)

Nate Rae is an author, science communicator, activist, university lecturer and PhD researcher in psychology. He travels around the UK and Europe performing live shows, talks and workshops about neuroscience and psychology, to try and convince people to love the human brain as much as he does! He has an MSc in Psychology and an MA in English Literature with Radical Theory, and spends his life trying to combine the two by doing research into the ways people use photos and stories to build community in a world that doesn't always support them. He also writes and edits books about anything from dinosaurs to Dungeons and Dragons, produces podcasts, and trains scientists in public engagement. When he isn't working, he spends most of his time wandering around London looking for weird graffiti, inventing new recipes (to mixed success) and pestering his cats. Braintastic Science has been inspiring curiosity about the brain and mental wellbeing since its relaunch in 2020, reaching more than 205,