About

Dr Alex Lathbridge is a biochemist and computational biologist with a PhD in novel peptide therapeutics.

In 2014, he graduated with a degree in Biochemistry, with a research focus on molecular modelling of protein-protein interactions in migraine pathways.

His award-winning podcast - Why Aren’t You A Doctor Yet? - combines science and tech journalism with pop-culture. It’s been described as “a new perspective on science & tech” and regularly features in Apple’s top science podcasts (it was also #64 in Sweden’s top science podcast list for a few weeks - nobody has got to the bottom of that yet).

He’s the voice behind the BBC Radio 4 podcast Scientifically… and can be found sometimes hosting Inside Science and reporting for CrowdScience on the BBC World Service (plus some more audio stuff).

He’s the host of the BBC’s Bitesize Biology podcast, teaching you GCSE Biology concepts over 51 different 10 minute episodes. It’s an amazing listen, if only to experience scientific passion combined with the focus of ADHD medication.

He’s also absurdly knowledgeable about the science of cooking (biochemically speaking - not the “oh, let me be useful and actually teach you about nutrition and wellness” kind).

Photographer: Dr Steve Cross