Adam Rutherford

Adam David Rutherford (born 1975) is a British geneticist and science populariser. He was an audio-visual content editor for the journal Nature for a decade, and is a frequent contributor to the newspaper The Guardian. He hosts the BBC Radio 4 programmes Inside Science and (with Hannah Fry) The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry; has produced several science documentaries; and has published books related to genetics and the origin of life.He is an honorary senior research associate in the division of biosciences at University College London.Rutherford became President of Humanists UK in June 2022, succeeding Alice Roberts.