Saul Newman is an interdisciplinary scholar with a very broad background. His recent work includes first- and sole-author publications spanning plant science (Nature Plants), demography (Science Advances), and climate change (Nature Climate Change). Forthcoming research explores a potential drug-based modifier of human ageing, and highly disruptive research on the reliability of human old-age data. His research has been featured extensively in global news outlets including The Economist, The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Newsweek, and Forbes magazine.