Dr Emma Yhnell

Senior Lecturer & Science Communicator

Dr Emma Yhnell is an award-winning science communicator and senior lecturer based at Cardiff University. Emma is a respected academic who has built a reputation for her ability to untangle the academically technical and translate it into entertaining, relevant and accessible content.

As a first generation academic, she sees it as her aim to change the typical image of academia, to make science more open, honest and fun.

She is a writer and regular contributor to local radio and television as well as a commentator for the Science Media Centre.

Emma is passionate about sharing her knowledge and changing the minds of people who nervously think ‘science isn’t for me.’