William Wilde - Researcher & Writer

I was born in London and have always been fascinated by languages, and my first degree was in French and Portuguese. It included language, history, and cultural studies and a year abroad studying at Nova University in Lisbon and Sorbonne IV in Paris.

Inspired by the pandemic, I then studied a biology degree, having a particular interest in how disease and environmental factors affect human body systems. I worked in a Covid testing lab as a technician while studying and became the night shift team leader, a busy but very rewarding role. I then worked in a cancer genetics lab, learning how new blood testing techniques offer a minimally-invasive way to screen for various cancers and help inform physicians on treatment options for patients.

My final university project involved analysing data from an isotopic database, studying dietary changes associated with the introduction of agriculture and possible outcomes on nutritional health. My area of focus was the Korean Peninsula, using radioactive isotope data to determine the time period in which individuals lived, and stable isotopes to help give insight into dietary patterns through their lifetimes.