Dr Peter John Bentley is a British author and computer scientist based at University College London. Peter J. Bentley is an Honorary Reader and College Fellow at UCL and a Collaborating Professor at KAIST. He is also a popular science author and consultant. He is a contributing editor for WIRED UK and was the monthly host of the Royal Institution's caf� scientifique. Born in Colchester, England, he achieved a BSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Essex and a PhD in Evolutionary Design at the age of 24. His doctorate thesis was entitled Generic Evolutionary Design of Solid Objects using a Genetic Algorithm. Since 1997 he has performed research into evolutionary computation, artificial life, swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems, artificial neural networks and other types of biologically inspired computing, which he terms Digital Biology. He is head of the Digital Biology Interest Group at the Department of Computer Science, University College London. He participates in science festivals and public events, such as the debate on Complexity and Evolution held at the Natural History Museum in July 2007 with Richard Dawkins, Steve Jones, Lewis Wolpert. 

May 16th, 1972 in Colchester (Age 51)