
Feeling fearful? Welcome to my world, and let me help you with it
My experience of autism and my scientific expertise in photonics have given me a special insight into breaking down fear
by Camilla Pang
Camilla Pang is a postdoctoral scientist, award winning author and autism advocate. She is also a volunteer cancer researcher at the Francis Crick Institute, and volunteers as a trustee for charities involved in Special educational needs and marginalised communities STEM. In addition, she is an active speaker that promotes awareness and proactivity of diversity and inclusion in the workplaces of science, technology and finance. Her first book, An Outsider’s Guide to Humans (2020), won the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2020, where she was the youngest person ever to win the prize, along with being the first person of colour. She lives in London.