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Olympia Brown

Science Learning Manager at the Royal Institution

Olympia was born and bred in North London, and greatly enjoyed studying the History and Philosophy of Science at UCL. Her study covered subjects as diverse as the relationship between magic and science, discussing who the first scientists were and she completed her dissertation on Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings.

After graduating, her diverse jobs included working for the DNA bureau in Merseyside Police, a security firm in California and for the Cambridge Science Festival.