Biography
I completed a BA in Classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and came to Cambridge for an MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science at Gonville & Caius and then a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science at Robinson. Along the way I also completed a part-time BSc in Mathematics at the Open University. I am now Lloyd-Dan David Research Fellow at the Needham Research Institute and Darwin College.
Research
I have broad interests in science, medicine, and mathematics in ancient Greece and China. My work on Greek science has focussed on mechanics and medicine and I have finished my first book manuscript on the Mechanica in the Aristotelian Corpus. I am now writing a second book comparing Greek and Chinese medicine. I also convene a weekly Classical Chinese reading group at the Needham Research Institute.
Publications
(2022) ‘New Diseases and Sectarian Debate in Hellenistic and Roman Medicine’ Apeiron.
(2024) ‘Quantification and precision: a brief look at some ancient accounts’ Annals of Science (with Liba Taub).
(Forthcoming) ‘The Spectrum of Health in Ancient Greek Philosophy and Medicine’ Classical Quarterly.
(Forthcoming) ‘Aristotle on Composed Motions’ Apeiron.
(Forthcoming) ‘Aristotle, the Mechanica, and the Inquiry into Nature’ Phronesis.
