24th February 2014 Chicago, USA

Naked Science Diplomacy: UK Minister Visits Chicago

I guest-blogged over on The Naked Scientists’ site this month on the AAAS meeting and the visit of David Willetts, UK Minister for Universities and Science. Read it here.

On his recent visit to Chicago, Minister Willetts spoke at local tech co-working space 1871 on UK-US science collaboration.

About Jack Westwood

Jack Westwood joined the Science and Innovation team in Chicago in December 2012, providing coverage for the network across the Midwest. Previously, Jack worked for 3 years as a postdoc…

Jack Westwood joined the Science and Innovation team in Chicago in December 2012, providing coverage for the network across the Midwest. Previously, Jack worked for 3 years as a postdoc in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, where he studied the mechanisms of plant disease infection and transmission by insects. This was also the topic of his PhD research which he completed at Cambridge in collaboration with Imperial College London and Broom’s Barn Research Centre. Jack has always had a keen interest in the application of science which he is looking forward to further developing in this role.