Fiona Fox Chief Executive

Fiona has a degree in Journalism and 15 years experience in media relations. She held the position of Senior Press Officer for the Equal Opportunities Commission for six years, followed by two years running the media operation at the National Council for One Parent Families. A total change of environment followed as Fiona became Head of Media at CAFOD, one of the UK's leading aid agencies. She founded the Jubilee 2000 press group, which helped to force serious Third World issues onto the media and political agendas. Fiona is an experienced public speaker and a trained journalist, who has written extensively for newspapers and publications, authored several policy papers and contributed to books on humanitarian aid. Read Fiona Fox's blog, On Science and the Media

Helen Jamison Deputy Director

Helen joined the SMC in October 2007 as Engineering Press Officer, and was subsequently promoted to Senior Press Officer in April 2008 and to Deputy Director in August 2011. Having previously worked in the press office of the international science journal Nature, she is also a scientist by training with a biomedical science degree from the University of Sheffield and a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Oxford. In 2004 she received a Science Communicator's Award from the Pupil Research Initiative, and has taken part in many activities to improve the way that science and engineering issues are presented to the public - including volunteering at the SMC many moons ago.

Joseph Milton Head of Mental Health

Joseph Milton is Senior Press Officer for Mental Health at the SMC, a role dedicated to mental health research. Joe replaces Claire Bithell who is currently on maternity leave. Joe’s background is in academic biology, and he completed a PhD in evolutionary and environmental biology in 2009. He decided to move into journalism, and gained a distinction in Science Journalism at City University, London in 2010. Since turning his hand to writing, Joe has published stories in the Financial Times, New Scientist, Nature News and Research Fortnight, among many others. He also blogs on science and the arts for Scientific American. Before joining the SMC in 2011, Joe was Assistant Editor at the Society of Biology. He also likes cats.

Tom Sheldon Senior Press Officer

Tom joined the Science Media Centre in April 2008 as the dedicated Engineering Press Officer, and handles any issues in the fields of engineering, technology and the physical sciences that hit the headlines. He volunteered with the charity Sense About Science in summer 2007, contributing to their expose of pseudoscience and blogging for the Guardian along the way. He has degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics, and one day might finish his thesis on protein structure prediction.

Robin Bisson Science Information Officer

Robin worked as a volunteer at the Science Media Centre in 2011 before starting full time as Science Information Officer in early 2012, where he is responsible for maintaining the database of scientific experts, writing fact sheets on breaking stories and managing the SMC’s volunteer programme. Robin followed up a degree in Mathematics with a Masters in Philosophy of Science at the University of Bristol. He cut his teeth working on the press team for the British Science Festival and spent time with BBC’s Horizon before taking up his position at the SMC. Robin has also written for the magazines People and Science and Asia Research News 2012, and blogged for Sheffield’s Science Brainwaves group. He no longer has any pretensions of being a professional musician.