Martin Archer is a science and technology expert, holding a first class honours Masters Degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics from Imperial College London. He was one of the top students in his year winning many awards for his essays and academic achievements, including the Callendar Prize 2006 and the Royal College of Science Association Prize 2005.
Martin became a published scientist whilst still an undergraduate. Working on the Cluster space mission he implemented a new technique making it possible to measure the full size and shape of waves in the solar wind upstream of the Earth for the first time, with his findings being published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics.
At the National Physical Laboratory, the UK’s National Measurement Institute, Martin was one of the people working on defining a quantum standard of current by using a single electron capacitor.
Martin currently enjoys teaching Maths and Physics. He writes, produces and co-presents a weekly science podcast aimed at young people, Droppin’ Science, which reviewers have called “cool, sassy and irreverent but credible at the same time”, “a proper assault on the ears” and “that the conversation, content and production is… similar to the best-produced entertainment podcasts” and has recently been featured on the government’s Science So What? [So Everything] initiative website. Martin has also developed his own software to turn the Nintendo Wii controller into a DJ tool enabling him to play, mix and muck about with tunes just by waving his arms around.