Fiona Fox Chief Executive

Fiona has a degree in Journalism and 15 years experience in media relations. She held the position of Senior Press Officer for the Equal Opportunities Commission for six years, followed by two years running the media operation at the National Council for One Parent Families. A total change of environment followed as Fiona became Head of Media at CAFOD, one of the UK's leading aid agencies. She founded the Jubilee 2000 press group, which helped to force serious Third World issues onto the media and political agendas. Fiona is an experienced public speaker and a trained journalist, who has written extensively for newspapers and publications, authored several policy papers and contributed to books on humanitarian aid. Read Fiona Fox's blog, On Science and the Media

Helen Jamison Deputy Director

Helen joined the SMC in October 2007 as Engineering Press Officer, and was subsequently promoted to Senior Press Officer in April 2008 and to Deputy Director in August 2011. Having previously worked in the press office of the international science journal Nature, she is also a scientist by training with a biomedical science degree from the University of Sheffield and a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Oxford. In 2004 she received a Science Communicator's Award from the Pupil Research Initiative, and has taken part in many activities to improve the way that science and engineering issues are presented to the public - including volunteering at the SMC many moons ago.

Claire Bithell Head of Mental Health

Claire Bithell is Head of Mental Health at the SMC, a role dedicated to mental health research. Claire has a degree in Cell Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Manchester. Winning the Daily Telegraph's young science writer award in 2003 helped her decide to leave bench science and begin a career in science communication. Claire joined the Science Media Centre for the first time in 2004 and was promoted to Senior Press Officer in 2005. In February 2008 she took on a new challenge; to manage the press office of an independent regulator, the Human Tissue Authority. But she couldn't stay away from the Science Media Centre for too long and returned in her new role in June 2010.

Tom Sheldon Senior Press Officer

Tom joined the Science Media Centre in April 2008 as the dedicated Engineering Press Officer, and handles any issues in the fields of engineering, technology and the physical sciences that hit the headlines. He volunteered with the charity Sense About Science in summer 2007, contributing to their expose of pseudoscience and blogging for the Guardian along the way. He has degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics, and one day might finish his thesis on protein structure prediction.

Will Greenacre Science Information Officer

Will worked as a volunteer at the Science Media Centre in summer 2007 before starting full time as Science Information Officer the following September, where he is responsible for maintaining the database of scientific experts and preparing written briefings on news stories as they break. He also manages the Science Media Centre's volunteer programme. Will graduated from the University of Leicester in 2005 with a degree in Biological Sciences, and went on to complete a master's degree in Science, Culture and Communication at the University of Bath where he volunteered at the Press Office and gained experience in media relations and science writing.