Dr Chandrika Nath, Deputy Director, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

Dr Nath is Deputy Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Parliament’s in-house source of scientific advice. In this talk Dr Nath will describe how POST works, and how research evidence is incorporated into the parliamentary process. She will also talk briefly about POST’s work to support evidence-informed policy making in developing countries.

Dr Nath heads POST’s physical sciences team (covering defence, security and telecommunications) and oversees POST’s international work. Prior to joining POST she worked at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge and has a doctorate in Particle Physics from Oxford University.