Dr Michael Berthaume is a Reader in the Department of Engineering at King’s College London. Before joining King’s, he was at London South Bank University where his administrative duties included being Deputy Head of the Division, in charge of Research and Enterprise. He is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), member of the Exceed Research Network (ERN), and an executive member of the inaugural UK Young Academy, which is supported by the Royal Society and other senior academies within the UK.