"The future is made by the things we imagine today."

Güneş Taylor is a molecular biologist and Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Reproductive Health, where her research focuses on the genetic formation of ovaries and testes and the molecular basis of fertility and menopause. Trained at Oxford and the Francis Crick Institute, she brings a working scientist's precision to questions usually left to philosophers and pundits — genome editing, sex differences, and the future of reproduction.

Both "an incredible science communicator" and a scientist herself, she has become a distinguished HowtheLightGetsIn host, sharing the stage with Slavoj Zizek, Richard Dawkins, Yuval Noah Harari, and more. In 2018, Güneş was awarded the Crick Public Engagement Prize for her efforts in the public communication of science.

"Güneş has performed a significant service to disseminating the work within her field." — Anastasia de Waal