Peter Hammond was Professor of Computational Biology at UCL’s Institute of Child Health until retirement in 2015, using AI and image analysis to detect brain and face shape differences associated with genetic disorders and prenatal alcohol exposure.

From 2015 to 2018, he continued part-time based at the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute. Since 2016, he has campaigned for sewage-free rivers and seas with WASP (Windrush Against Sewage Pollution), working closely with founder Ash Smith.