An article in this week’s Venue magazine which aimed to “track down the cleverest people” in Bristol and Bath, featured ten members of University of Bristol staff.

They were:

· Professor Brian Conrey, mathematician working on the Reimann Hypothesis

· Professor Len Fisher, Visiting Fellow in Physics

· Professor Nigel Franks, expert on the behaviour and ecology of ants  

· Professor Jean Golding, founder of the Children of the 90s study

· Professor Ronald Hutton, historian and author of ‘The Druids: A History’

· Professor Joe McGeehan, inventor of the mobile phone

· Dr Hinke Osinga, mathematician working on chaos theory

· Dr Alice Roberts, anatomist and TV presenter

· Professor Neil Scolding, neurologist developing stem cell therapies for MS patients

· Dr Neil Taylor, rocket scientist developing the Skylon spaceplane.

The full article A Question of Thought can be read in the 13-22 March 2009 issue of Venue magazine.