Genomics Forum Visiting Fellows 2010

31 May - 4 June
Jonathan Harwood
Jonathan Harwood is Emeritus Professor of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester.  His most recent research spans the history and politics of genetics, plant breding and agricultural science, particular in Germany and Central Europe.  His work under the Bright Ideas programme includes organising the Forum workshop on "What can development policy learn from the history of development?"

7 - 11 June
David Mercer
David Mercer is Associate Professor and Convener of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Wollongong.  He researches public policy in relation to science/expertise and law/regulation, and is particularly interested in the political, ethical and epistemological issues raised by the way legal and regulatory demands influence the shape of various fields of science and expertise.

August 2010 (16 - 20 August)
David Shenk
David Shenk is the award-winning and national-bestselling author of six books, including The Forgetting ("remarkable" - Los Angeles Times), Data Smog ("indispensable" - New York Times), and The Immortal Game ("superb" - Wall Street Journal). He is a correspondent for TheAtlantic.com, and has contributed to National Geographic, Slate, The New York Times, Gourmet, Harper's, The New Yorker, NPR, and PBS. His new book The Genius in All of Us has been called "a deeply interesting and important book" by the New York Times.

September 2010 - January 2011 (part-time)
Ann Lingard
A former academic and research scientist in zoology and parasitology, at Cambridge then Glasgow, Ann Lingard changed career to write novels and non-fiction. As well as collaborating with artists and other scientists herself, she works to bring scientists and writers together, through talks and workshops and by setting up the resource for writers, SciTalk, www.scitalk.org.uk. She especially enjoys finding ways to enthuse non-scientists of all ages about science, whether through illustrated talks, walks on the Solway shore, Café Scientifique, or even poetry events. Her latest novel is The Embalmer's Book of Recipes, and her websites are www.annlingard.com and (under her married name, Ann Lackie) www.plumblandconsulting.co.uk

1 October - 30 November
Tracey S. Rosenberg
Tracey S. Rosenberg’s literary career includes earning a Fulbright scholarship to Romania and a PhD in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, working at numerous independent bookshops (most recently at the Edinburgh International Book Festival), and winning the Gorgie City Farm National Poetry Competition.  Additional poems are published or forthcoming in Chapman, The Interpreter's House, Anon, the Human Genre Project, and New Writing Scotland.  She’s currently exploring intersections between medical narratives and formal poetry, particularly sonnets, and she blogs at Writing (mostly).