Julian huppert mp biography of abraham

Julian Huppert is the Director of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus. He is a former MP and University Lecturer in Physics.

Academic interests

Julian is the Founding Director of the Intellectual Forum, an interdisciplinary centre focused on bringing people to think and talk about some of the key issues of our time. 

Julian trained as a bioscientist before becoming MP for Cambridge between 2010 and 2015.

He has a wide set of interests, ranging from medtech and edtech to AI ethics and government, sustainable finance to policy-making, and above all, seeing to build a Generous Society.

Degrees obtained

•    MA, Cantab.
•    MSci, Cantab.
•    PhD, Cantab.

Biography

Julian studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, completing a PhD in Biological Chemistry in 2005 on unusual structures of DNA.

In particular, DNA of particular sequences can form four-stranded knot-like structures called G-quadruplexes, whic