Zahaan Bharmal

Zahaan Bharmal has a degree in physics from the University of Oxford. After working on policy issues for the UK government and at the World Bank, he won a Fulbright Scholarship to Stanford University where he earned a master's in business administration. Since 2008, he has worked for Google, currently as senior director of strategy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has written about space and science for the Guardian and is the recipient of NASA’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medal.

Bharmal is currently at work on a book titled The Art of Physics: Seven Ideas to Make Sense of the World, to be published in 2025 by Ithaka Press (UK & Commonwealth).