Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele is a scientist, writer and campaigner based in Berlin, and the author of Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old. After completing a PhD in physics at the University of Oxford, he decided that ageing was the single most important scientific challenge of our time, and switched fields to computational biology. He worked at the Francis Crick Institute, where he used machine learning to decode DNA and predict heart attacks using patients’ NHS medical records.
He is now a full-time science writer and presenter. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Guardian, and WIRED magazine. He has featured on NBC’s TODAY, Don’t Die on Netflix, The Russell Howard Hour, Sunday Brunch, NBC Morning News Now, and BBC News. He is also a regular expert on Discovery’s Impossible Engineering and Strangest Things on Sky. In addition, he produces science videos on his YouTube channel and gives live talks to a wide range of audiences – from investors and policymakers to students and comedy-loving science fans at venues like the Hammersmith Apollo.