Quentin Cooper

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Quentin Cooper (born 1961, Grimsby) is a science journalist and current presenter of The Material World on Thursday afternoons and Connect on BBC Radio 4 less frequently on Wednesday nights. He also speaks at science festivals and lectures, and works regularly with science and educational organisations such as the Royal Society and the British Council.

He studied Psychology and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. In October 1994, he wrote a book with Paul Sullivan, an old schoolfriend from Grimsby, called Maypoles, Martyrs, and Mayhem: 366 days of British customs, myths and eccentricities about superstitions (ISBN 978-0747518075).

At the BBC, he started as a producer in News and Current Affairs, then moved to produce youth programmes at Radio Scotland (in Glasgow), and Radio 5 in Manchester where he created programmes such as Hit The North.