List of previous Merchant Adventurers' Science Discovery Lectures

1997 Bone research in York: drugs to save a trip to the gym? Professor Tim Skerry, Department of Biology

1998 Making music with technology Professor David Howard, Department of Electronics

1999 From acorns to oak trees: plants as living factories Professor Dianna Bowles, Department of Biology

2000 Making speech Professor John Local, Department of Language and Linguistic Science

2001 Is science chaotic? Professor Jim Matthew and Dr Sarah Thompson, Department of Physics

2002 Making sense of dyslexia Professor Maggie Snowling, Department of Psychology

2003 Chemistry comes to life Professor Paul Walton, Department of Chemistry

2004 The unnatural history of the sea Professor Callum Roberts, Environment Department

2005 Sutton Hoo and the origins of Europe Professor Martin Carver, Department of Archaeology

2006 Alice and Bob in the quantum wonderland Professor Tony Sudbery, Department of Mathematics

2007 Exploding stars and making people: your link to the stars Professor Brian Fulton, Department of Physics

2008 Thinking like a vegetable Professor Ottoline Leyser, Department of Biology

2009 Lessons from biology for tomorrow's technology Professor Jon Timmis, Departments of Computer Science and Electronics

2010 Life-saving chemistry Professor David Smith, Department of Chemistry

2011 Are two ears better than one? Childhood deafness, cochlear implantations, and binaural hearing Professor Quentin Summerfield, Department of Psychology

2012 Drugs down the drain: Impacts of pharmaceuticals in the natural environment Professor Alistair Boxall, Environment Department

2013 Hearing the past, designing the future: Audio and acoustics in digital heritage research Dr Damian Murphy, Department of Electronics

2014 Geometry: A secret weapon in the fight against viruses Professor Reidun Twarock, Departments of Mathematics and Biology

2015 The energy crisis: Is nuclear fusion a solution? Dr Roddy Vann, Department of Physics

2016 Different approaches to combat antibiotic resistance Professor Maggie Smith, Department of Biology