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Bios and photos of Andrew Steele

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Very short

Longevity scientist and author of Ageless

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Dr Andrew Steele is a scientist, author of Ageless and Director of The Longevity Initiative

Medium (114 words)

Dr Andrew Steele is a scientist, author of Ageless: The new science of getting older without getting old and Director of The Longevity Initiative. After a PhD in physics from the University of Oxford, Andrew decided that ageing was the single most important scientific challenge of our time, he spent five years using machine learning to investigate DNA and NHS medical records at the Francis Crick Institute. He is now a full-time writer, presenter and campaigner. He has written for then Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times and WIRED, appeared on Don’t Die on Netflix, Discovery and the BBC, and lectures around the world from keynotes on the latest longevity research, to science to science stand-up at the Hammersmith Apollo.

Long (211 words, with links!)

I am a scientist, writer and campaigner based in Berlin, author of Ageless: The new science of getting older without getting old and Director of The Longevity Initiative. After a PhD in physics from the University of Oxford, I decided that ageing was the single most important scientific challenge of our time, and switched fields to computational biology. I worked at the Francis Crick Institute, using machine learning to decode our DNA and predict heart attacks using patients’ NHS medical records.

I’m now a full-time science writer, presenter and campaigner. I’ve written for the Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Guardian and WIRED magazine, and have featured on NBC’s TODAY, Don’t Die on Netflix, The Russell Howard Hour, Sunday Brunch, NBC Morning News Now and BBC News, as well as being a regular expert on Discovery’s Impossible Engineering and Strangest Things on Sky. I also produce videos on my YouTube channel, and give live talks to audiences ranging from investors and policymakers to students and science stand-up (yes, that is a thing) at the Hammersmith Apollo.

I recently co-founded The Longevity Initiative, a think tank and educational nonprofit which will develop policy briefs and educational resources to advance longevity science.

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