Claas Kirchhelle (DPhil, Oxon 2015) is a medical historian and Lecturer at University College Dublin, with a Wellcome Trust University Award. His award-winning research and public engagement (
Back from the Dead - Demystifying Antibiotics 2016-2017;
Typhoidland 2020-2022) explore the interconnected evolution of modern science, politics, and the environment. His previous publications include
Pyrrhic Progress. The History of Antibiotics in Anglo-American Food Production, which won the 2020 Turriano Prize.