UCL mathematician among Royal Society Medal winners

Each year the Royal Society, the UK's independent scientific academy, presents a series of prestigious medals and awards to recognise those who have made outstanding contributions to science for the benefit of humanity. 

The David Attenborough Award and Lecture 

UCL Mathematics alumna Professor Hannah Fry (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) was awarded this year’s David Attenborough Award and Lecture, named after the much-loved naturalist and broadcaster.  

The David Attenborough Award is given to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding and sustained public engagement with science, with previous recipients including Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, and Dr Adam Rutherford (UCL Biosciences).  

Professor Fry was honoured for her prolific work as a science communicator and as the foremost populariser of maths in the UK. As an author, science broadcaster and presenter, Professor Fry inspires young people to pursue maths and physics in fun and exciting ways.  

Professor Fry regularly appears on BBC Radio 4, where she presents the popular series ‘The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry’, as well as on national television, including BBC’s ‘Horizon’ and Channel 4’s ‘General Election Night’, where she helps viewers make sense of maths, patterns and data. 

Links 

• Professor Hannah Fry’s academic profile  
• The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis 
• The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment 
• UCL Mathematics
• The Royal Society  

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• Professor Hannah Fry 

Media contact  

Sophie Hunter 

E: sophie.hunter [at] ucl.ac.uk