Sarah Alam Malik

Dr Sarah Alam Malik is an award-winning particle physicist and an internationally renowned expert on dark matter. Her work on large-scale experiments like the Large Hadron Collider has placed her at the cutting edge of exploring the universe's mysteries and the sophisticated technologies that enable us to probe its fundamental laws. She studied physics at Oxford University before obtaining a PhD in particle physics from University College London, spending time as an associate at Rockefeller University in the US and Imperial College London before being awarded the prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Q1: Why are you excited to be part of New Scientist Live this year? I'm excited about the opportunity to engage with an enthusiastic audience and marvel at the wonders of the universe together. Q2: What’s the one thing you want people to take away from your talk? That our relationship with the universe has been characterised by great upheavals in our worldview that have