Chris Smith is a consultant medical microbiologist based at Cambridge University, a visiting professor at Murdoch University, Perth Australia, and the managing editor of the Naked Scientists, a science and medicine radio show, podcast and website that reaches international audiences in the millions. Since 2006 Chris has published 4 popular science books, including the international best seller "Crisp Packet Fireworks“, and his Naked Scientists programmes have received over 50 million downloads worldwide as podcasts. His most memorable achievement to date has been delivering the world's first explosive science show on the banks of the Zambezi River in Zambia overlooking the Victoria Falls!  

Chris Smith is a consultant medical microbiologist based at Cambridge University, a visiting professor at Murdoch University, Perth Australia, and the managing editor of the Naked Scientists, a science and medicine radio show, podcast and website that reaches international audiences in the millions. Since 2006 Chris has published 4 popular science books, including the international best seller "Crisp Packet Fireworks“, and his Naked Scientists programmes have received over 50 million downloads worldwide as podcasts. His most memorable achievement to date has been delivering the world's first explosive science show on the banks of the Zambezi River in Zambia overlooking the Victoria Falls!