Helen Czerski — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor at University College London, conducting academic research in experimental ocean physics, acoustics, and wave/bubble processes.
Author of "Storm in a Teacup," which won the Italian Asimov Prize and the Louis J. Battan Author prize.
Author of "Blue Machine," a BBC Radio 4 Book of the week and winner of the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing in 2024.
Regular presenter of TV and radio science documentaries for the BBC and co-host of BBC R4's climate and environment show, Rare Earth.
Awarded the Institute of Physics Gold Medal in 2018 for physics communication.
Trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich.

Biography

Helen Czerski is a Professor at University College London, where her academic research focuses on experimental ocean physics, high-speed photography, acoustics, and wave/bubble processes in the upper ocean, particularly small-scale bubble physics and their contribution to air-sea gas transfer. She is also the Frank Jackson Professor of the Environment at Gresham College from 2025-2028, demonstrating her expertise in environmental science.