Dr Adam Rutherford is a lecturer in Biology and Society at University College London. His PhD was in the development of the retina, but his work now focuses on the interface between genetics and society, the public understanding of genetics, with a particular focus on the history and legacies of scientific racism and eugenics. He’s written several bestselling books, including A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, How to Argue With a Racist and most recently Control: the Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics. He also presents several radio programmes for the BBC, including the Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry, and the series on eugenics called Bad Blood.