Adam Hart

Adam Hart
Adam Hart in the field in South Africa
Born	Brixham, England
Occupation	Biologist, author, broadcaster
Education	PhD, BA (Cantab)
Alma mater	Churchill College University of Cambridge, University of Sheffield
Subject	Entomology, Ecology, Science Communication

Adam Hart FRES FRSB born in Brixham, South Devon is an English scientist, author and broadcaster. He has co-presented three BBC TV documentaries on social insects (BBC4's Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony, BBC2's Life on Planet Ant and BBC2's Hive Alive). Hart has written and presented numerous BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service documentaries and written more than 70 scientific papers. In 2015, he authored the popular-science book The Life of Poo about our complex relationships with bacteria. In 2017 he joined the presenting team of the BBC World Service weekly science program Science in Action.

Hart was an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, studying Zoology at Churchill College. His PhD at the University of Sheffield was on the cooperative behaviour of social insects (a group he became interested in because of their social behavior). Following a post-doc examining conflict in social systems, he transferred to the University of Gloucestershire in 2005, where he is currently the Professor of Science Communication.

Hart has published scientific papers on a variety of topics, including entomology, ecology, disease, hygiene, nesting phenology, citizen science and climate change. He co- wrote the Oxford University Press textbook Applied Ecology, described as 'a cornerstone publication for all undergraduate students studying ecology', and is also is a co-author of the textbook Introducing Forensic and Criminal Investigation. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ecological Entomology and is currently an Associate Editor of that journal. He sits on the Editorial Board of The Biologist, the magazine of the Royal Society of Biology,and is an Associate Editor of Antenna, the magazine of the Royal Entomological Society. Hart is also the founding co-editor of Instar, a magazine published by the Royal Entomological Society for children.