Michael Banks

MICHAEL BANKS is news editor of Physics World magazine, the monthly member publication from the UK’s Institute of Physics (www.physicsworld.com). He has written and edited a range of article types from news and analysis to features and blogs as well as recording podcasts and narrating videos, and has written book reviews and news stories for outlets including Nature, BBC Focus and Science Uncovered as well as appearing on BBC Radio 4 and at science festivals. Michael’s PhD was in condensed-matter physics at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart, Germany.