1. Mark Miodownik completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in turbine jet engine alloys at Linacre College, Oxford in 1996, specifically oxide dispersion strengthened alloys.
13 Facts About Mark Miodownik
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Mark Miodownik says that his interest in materials came from an incident when he was stabbed in the back with a razor blade, on his way to school.
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Mark Miodownik has been key to the development of the concept of sensoaesthetics, which is the "application of scientific methodology to the aesthetic, sensual and emotional side" of materials.
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In 2001 Mark Miodownik gave a series of talks at the Institute of Contemporary Arts on aesthetics in the arts and sciences.
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Mark Miodownik was interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili for The Life Scientific first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
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Mark Miodownik was one of the judges of the 2008 Art Fund Prize.
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Mark Miodownik often gives talks at the Cheltenham Science Festival, of which he is a member of the advisory group.
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Mark Miodownik has done work with the Tate Modern, the Hayward Gallery, and the Wellcome Collection.
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Mark Miodownik has close ties to the Royal Institution of Great Britain and presented a Friday Evening Discourse in February 2013 entitled "Strange Material".
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Mark Miodownik appeared as a regular guest on Dara O Briain's Science Club on BBC Two in late 2012.
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Mark Miodownik was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014.
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Mark Miodownik was awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize for Public Engagement with Science the same year.
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In 2017, Mark Miodownik was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture by the Royal Society, and in the 2018 New Year Honours he was awarded an MBE for "services to Science, Engineering and Broadcasting".