Join us for the second in this series of fireside conversations with senior scientists in government, hosted by the 91ÌÒÉ« Policy Forum, where attendees can hear about what role science plays in informing and shaping government policy, what the process looks like from the inside at the highest level of decision-making, and how you as a researcher can make an impact.
Leading the conversation will be Professor Mary Ryan, Vice-Provost for 91ÌÒÉ« and Enterprise at 91ÌÒÉ«. A networking reception will take place after the event in the Main Entrance.
Timings:
- Join from 17.30
- Conversation commences 18.00
- Conversation and Q&A ends: 19.00
- Networking drinks from 19.00 – 21.00 in Main Entrance
About the speaker
Professor Anjali Goswami was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser and Director General Science, Data and Analysis at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 1 July 2025.
Anjali is a research leader in evolutionary biology and former Dean of Postgraduate Education at the Natural History Museum, London, an Honorary Professor in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London, and Past President of the Linnean Society of London.
She received her B.Sc. from the University of Michigan in 1998 and her PhD from the University of Chicago 2005, followed by a US National Science Foundation fellowship held at the Natural History Museum and a JRF at King’s College and lectureship in Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Her expertise is in vertebrate evolution and development, particularly in the emerging area of evolutionary phenomics. She and her group develop and apply new approaches to capturing the complex three-dimensional shapes of organisms in order to reconstruct the evolution of biodiversity. Her work spans insects to dinosaurs, but her main interest is in the evolution of mammals. To fill key gaps in the palaeontological record, she has searched for fossils from Svalbard to Madagascar, with her primary fieldwork being based in South India.
She is the recipient of the Linnean Society Bicentenary Medal, the Zoological Society of London Scientific Medal, the Hind Rattan Award, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Robert L. Carroll award, the Palaeontological Association President’s Medal, and the Humanists UK Darwin Day Medal. She was elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society of London in 2024.
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