Colin Murphy
Colin Murphy studied psychology at University College Dublin, where he learned how much he enjoyed science and different areas of popular science. He went on to study Cognitive Neuro-psychology at Oxford Brookes University. While in Oxford he enjoyed the constant flow of lectures available, but dismayed by lack of time to see them all. As a Psychology teacher at various colleges he enjoys his role in communicating science and inspiring others to learn more. The Pulse Project is a chance to learn and deliver high quality science to the public and learn in the process. He is a member of the British Science Association in Oxford. He is a director of pulse project and has seen it develop from a struggling idea to a successful public resource.
Tudor Georgescu
Tudor Georgescu has recently completed his PhD at Oxford Brookes University on the emergence of eugenic and fascist movements amongst the Transylvanian Saxons, a German ethnic minority, in interwar Romania. The doctoral thesis explored how ethnic minorities interpreted and pursued the eugenic promise of a healthier, better, nation. Tudor’s research interests lie with the social history of medicine generally, and with that of ethnic minorities in relation to fascism and eugenics in particular.
Tudor is currently the research assistant for the Wellcome Trust funded pilot project on “Romanian Eugenics and Its International Dimension,” and research officer for the AHRC funded research project on “Victims of Human Experiments under National Socialism,” both part-time at Oxford Brookes University. Tudor is also the Research Coordinator of ‘The Work Group on the History of Race and Eugenics (HRE)’ (formerly the RSCSE) based at Oxford Brookes University (http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/research/project/hre/); an editor of ‘Compass: Political Religion’ published online by Wiley-Blackwell (www.blackwell-compass.com); and a Director of the ‘Pulse Project: Public University Lecture Science and Education Project’ (www.pulse-project.org).
