Simon is the evolutionary biologist on Inside Nature's Giants; tasked with being the guinea pig in various experiments to demonstrate the extreme physiological challenges our animals face.
Simon is the evolutionary biologist on Inside Nature's Giants; tasked with being the guinea pig in various experiments to demonstrate the extreme physiological challenges our animals face.
Simon is an evolutionary biologist originally hailing from Northern Ireland but now based in England. He read Biology at the University of York before going on to specialise in evolutionary biology at Glasgow University.
Simon took part in Famelab in 2005 and subsequently went on to set up science communication company 'Ready, Steady, Science!' which has been creating and performing science 'edutainment' shows to audiences ranging from toddlers to academics. As such Simon regularly appears at science festivals around the country including the Newcastle, York, Cheltenham and Cambridge science festivals; and in schools, museums, universities; on radio and on television.
Though he has spent the vast majority of his working life as an educator in one form or another he has somehow bypassed becoming a teacher. Instead, he has favored jobs that allow him to dress up funny and flit through the centuries with reckless abandon. He is currently touring 'Dr Death and the Medi-Evil Medicine Show,' a play for children and other childish people about the history of medicine.
Simon was recruited to the Inside Nature's Giants team after the commissioning editor at Channel 4 spotted him at Cheltenham Science Festival - he has since appeared in all of the programmes, subjecting his body to conditions such as extreme blood pressure.
