Dr. Mark Lewney, originally from Liverpool, studied physics at Edinburgh University before gaining a PhD in acoustics from Cardiff University, where he now lives. He currently works as a patent examiner at the UK Patent office near Newport, in the field of telecoms, and pursues sociological and anthropological research in his spare time by appearing in pubs throughout South Wales playing guitar in local band ‘Fire Down Below'. Since winning NESTA FameLab 2005 Mark has been touring schools, colleges and scientific institutions across the country with his science show ‘Rock Guitar in 11 Dimensions', which he has played to 25,000 people in the last year alone. Mark has just completed a Masters in Law and is currently working on a range on new science communication projects including new shows, a theatre production and a book, as well as appearing at science festivals in the USA and Japan this year.