Melanie Windridge Keynote Speaker

  • Plasma physicist, explorer and author
  • Expert on fusion energy
  • Author, Aurora: In Search of The Northern Lights (2016)

Melanie Windridge's Biography

Dr Melanie Windridge is a plasma physicist, speaker, writer… with a taste for adventure.  She has a PhD in plasma physics (fusion energy) from Imperial College London and is currently Communications Consultant for fusion start-up Tokamak Energy. She also works in education with the Ogden Trust, Anturus and Your Life and is an academic visitor at Imperial College London.

Melanie’s personal projects combine science with adventure and her latest book, Aurora: In Search of The Northern Lights (William Collins, 2016), investigates the science of the aurora against a backdrop of travel that also illuminates the places, the landscapes and the stories of the northern lights.

A gifted story-teller with an infectious passion for her subject, Melanie inspires audiences with her unique perspective on science, geography and travel, firmly believing that science and exploration go hand in hand. On a more technical level, she is also able to deliver insights into the state of the fusion industry, and the role that startups are playing in the energy sector.

Melanie was the Institute of Physics’ Schools lecturer for 2010, spending the year visiting schools to talk about fusion energy. She wrote a book based on this lecture tour – Star Chambers: The Race to Fusion Power, published by White Label Books – which gives a basic introduction to fusion energy for the general reader.

She has made several television appearances, including various programmes for the National Geographic Channel and the BBC, and has been interviewed for radio numerous times (both UK and abroad). She has had articles published by The Times, The Guardian, WIRED magazine and more.

Melanie’s research in fusion was prompted by a strong interest in energy and the environment, engendered at school and furthered by travel – the same interest which sparked her desire to visit the Arctic. In 2005 her mother set up the family-run charity Edirisa UK (of which she is a trustee), promoting education and sustainable development in Uganda.

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Videos of Melanie Windridge

Why science and exploration go hand-in-hand (2016)
Why science and exploration go hand-in-hand (2016)
On the potential of fusion as an energy source (2014)
On the potential of fusion as an energy source (2014)
Powering the future (2010)
Powering the future (2010)

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Books by Melanie Windridge

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Aurora: In Search of the Northern Lights by Dr Melanie Windridge

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