Alice Roberts Biography

Alice Roberts is an English biologist, biological anthropologist, author, and television presenter. She has been serving as a professor at the University of Birmingham since 2012. Born in Bristol to an arts teacher and an aeronautical engineer, she grew up in Westbury-on-Trym where she received her primary and high school education. Roberts then studied medicine at University of Wales College of Medicine. Now a familiar face on British television, she has presented a number of documentary programs, including ‘Coast,’ ‘Dr. Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young,’ ‘The Incredible Human Journey,’ ‘Origins of Us,’ ‘Spider House,’ and ‘King Arthur's Britain: The Truth Unearthed,’ to name a few. She is also a noted author with peer reviewed articles in journals. Roberts, who has received honorary doctorates from Bournemouth University, Royal Holloway, University of London, University of Leeds, and Open University as well as an honorary Doctor of Medicine from University of Sussex, is a married woman and a mother of two. In her free time, she enjoys surfing, gardening, cycling, and painting.