Professor Heinz Wolff
Speaker
Professor Heinz Wolff offers us a rare combination, an extensive and varied scientific background with a high media profile and a flair for communication. His infectious enthusiasm has enlivened many a debate and he delights in helping others to understand the complexities of this world and beyond.
Professor Wolff founded the Brunel Institute for Bioengineering at Brunel University, Middlesex. The institute holds contracts for work in many fields including space research and medical instrumentation. Professor Wolff was given the Harding Award for 1989 due to his work at the Institute. In 1992 he was the recipient of the Edinburgh Medal which was awarded for his outstanding contribution to society. In 1987 he received a fellowship of University College London. He is also a fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Biological Engineering Society.
Professor Wolff was educated in London and Oxford. He worked for four years at the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford and at the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit near Cardiff. Later he read physiology and physics at University College, London, graduating in 1954 with first class honours.
He was initially employed in the Division of Human Physiology at the National Institute for Medical Research. In 1962 he founded and became director of the Biomedical Engineering Division. In 1971 he founded a Division of Bioengineering at the new Clinical Research Centre, Harrow. Since 1975 he has held a number of honorary appointments with the European Space Agency and until July 1991 was chairman of the Microgravity Advisory Committee. He has also served as one of the UK representatives on the European Science Foundation Space Science Committee.
He has always been interested in the scientific and technical education of the young and has lectured widely. He is perhaps best known to the public for a number of television series:
1968-1981 “The Young Scientist of the Year” - which was a competition between school teams which had carried out some scientific or technological research project.
1975 “Royal Institution Christmas Lectures BBC2” - consisted of six lectures and demonstrations on methods which allowed one to obtain information from the inside of the body.
1978-1986 “The Great Egg Race” - The objective was to demonstrate engineering creativity in front of the camera. This programme had considerable educational impact in its time and still has today.
1983-1984 “1984-1948” QED - Maintained that the speed of technological innovation was in part an illusion.
Professor Wolff was one of the first people to be interviewed by Ali G, during that character's initial appearances on The 11 O'Clock Show.
He is now Emeritus Professor of Bioengineering at Brunel University.
In March 2009, he starred in a new game for PC, DS and Wii, "Heinz Wolff's Gravity".
Professor Wolff is also highly skilled in presenting his ideas to an audience. He is instructive and amusing and can present original material in a way that broadens the scope and lightens the atmosphere.
Professor Wolff is a prime choice for making keynote speeches and chairing conferences involving complex subjects, whether leading a discussion in minute scientific detail or otherwise making the subject matter accessible to the ordinary person. His popularity is based on his friendly nature and wealth of experience in many areas of the scientific world.
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