Author Biographies

Chris Clarke has a degree and PhD in physics from Cambridge University. After post-doctoral work on the properties of polymers and colloids at surfaces and interfaces in Cambridge and at McGill University, Montreal, Chris joined Unilever, first as a research scientist in the Ice Cream Group, and then as a patent attorney responsible for Unilever’s ice cream patents. He has given talks on ice cream science at various schools and universities, as well as at the Royal Institution, the Science Museum and the Cambridge Science Festival. Chris left Unilever in 2013 and currently works on formulations and devices for inhaled medicines, but retains an interest in ice cream.

Andrew Cox has a PhD in chemistry from the University of Bristol, where he studied the properties of polymers and colloids. He then joined Unilever as a research scientist in the Ice Cream R&D Group, where he has worked on many projects relating to building ice cream ingredient and formulation capability, supporting innovation and sustainability programmes around the world. Andrew is an inventor on over 20 patents. He is based in Colworth, UK, but also spent 3.5 years working for Unilever’s ice cream business in North America.