Deputy Director, Research Infrastructure, Office for Life Sciences, DHSC/DSIT

Policy Fellow Alum, Centre for Science and Policy

Dr Colin Wilson is Deputy Director, Research Infrastructure in the UK's Office for Life Sciences, DHSC/DSIT. He studied Theoretical Physics at the University of Durham before completing a PhD in Astrophysics at the same institution. He moved to the Home Office as part of the Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) and later moved to the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism where he developed the UK’s Counter-Terrorism Science & Technology Policy. Returning to CAST, Colin was Head of Crime Prevention, including work on drug and alcohol detection, violent crime, acquisitive crime and road safety, before becoming Head of Strategic Planning for HM Passport Office and later Head of Strategy for the Home Office Serious & Organised Crime Group.

To read about Colin's experience as a Policy Fellow in Cambridge see here.