Jonathan Hare

Jonathan Hare is a British physicist, science communicator and television presenter. He achieved a first from the University of Surrey, and worked with Harry Kroto at the University of Sussex for his PhD. While Jonathan worked in Sir Harry's group for his PhD he was one of the first people to make and extract C60, Buckminsterfullerene, the soccer ball shaped molecule. The discovery of the Fullerenes,[1] as they became known, opened up a new field of carbon nanotechnology. Both Sir Harry and Jonathan Hare spent time enthusing about the discovery to audiences of all ages as part of Sussex University's science outreach. During this time Jonathan set-up The Creative Science Centre,[2] (see links below), a web site and range of science-based activities aimed to get more people making things within science. Jonathan Hare has worked behind the scenes on a number of television shows, as well as being one of the team of scientists on Rough Science and co-presenting Hollywood Science with Robert Llewellyn. He worked with the Vega Science Trust,[3] an educational charity set up in 1994 by Sir Harry Kroto with the aim of promoting science via television and the internet. Jonathan has recorded a set of modules for teachers or as part of internet workshops.[4] Recently he has contributed to the GEOSET educational project and created a number of popular science education videos. Jonathan's YouTube windmill video for example has had over 2 million hits.[5] He presents about 100 talks and workshops a year both in the UK and abroad.[6] He has written a regular series for the Royal Society of Chemistry as well as published in reviewed journals (e.g. Physics Education, Institute of Physics) as well as in science and electronics magazines (e.g. Practical Wireless and Elektor).[7] He co-presents workshops at the Brighton Science Festival (Brighton, UK) with the festival's creator Richard Robinson, reaching hundreds of children in many schools. Jonathan is a member of the Institute of Phy