Peter Gallivan is the Outreach Manager in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences, King's College London. In this role, he develops and manages outreach programmes across the faculty and its five departments.

Before working at King’s, Peter worked as Family Programme Manager at the Royal Institution, organising a diverse range of STEM-focused activities for families and young people. Prior to this, he worked at Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland, managing a wide-ranging outdoor education programme.

He is also a freelance science writer, contributing regularly for the award-winning young people’s science magazine The Week Junior Science+Nature. He recently published two books with DK: The Hidden Heroes of Science, and Things Scientists Don't Know Yet. 

Responsibilities:

• Planning and delivering faculty-wide outreach programmes
• Sharing best practice in outreach activity across STEM departments
• Developing and supporting a range of STEM outreach activities
• Connecting faculty and college outreach and Widening Participation programmes, staff and students

The Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences is based in the heart of London with a long tradition of world-leading research and teaching in physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering. With nearly 5,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and around 350 academic and research staff, our ambition is to inspire, educate and innovate - fostering the next generation of scientists and future leaders.