Martin Archer is a Physicist, working towards his PhD in Space Physics at Imperial College London. He holds a first class honours Masters Degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics from Imperial and 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. It is this work which has inspired his PhD research on structures and waves in the Earth’s magnetosphere, which will include working on the forthcoming Trio-Cinema picosatellites with the University of California Berkeley and Kyung Hee University South Korea.
In addition to his research, Martin is determined to come up with fresh perspectives on how to communicate his love of science, especially to young audiences, and has worked on a number of exciting and unique projects including his DJ Physics shows, the Droppin’ Science Podcast, WiiJing and appearances at numerous science festivals and schools.
Martin has been featured on the BBC Worldwide television programme Things You Need to Know talking about the physics behind the weather; Sky News, CNN International and Al Jazeera English discussing topical science news; the BBC Radio 4 Today programme; the Guardian Science Weekly podcast; and has written numerous science pieces and been profiled by a number of publications including The Guardian, The Times and MSN.