‘Why all scientists should read Gulliver’s Travels’ public lecture, by Invitation (British Science Festival, Brighton, 2017)
‘Swift among the Scientists, ad infinitum’ symposium paper, by Invitation (Seventh Münster Symposium on Jonathan Swift, Münster, Germany, 2017)
'Trivial Pursuits in Literature and Science', The Athenaeum annual public lecture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (The Athenaeum, Liverpool, 2016)
‘Solar energy in literature and culture’ lecture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (EPSRC ‘Fundamentals of New and Sustainable Photovoltaics’ doctoral training course, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, 2015)
‘The Pen is mightier than the Laser? The Power of Light in Literature, Art and Culture’ public lecture, by Invitation (LightFest, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies/ Library of Birmingham, 2015)
‘Technologies of the Sun’ public lecture, by Invitation (‘On Light’ event, Wellcome Collection, 2015)
Contributor to discussion about Poetry and Light, by Invitation (Radio 3, 'Free Thinking', 2015)
'Solar Technologies in Early-Modern Literature and Science’ research paper, by Invitation (English research seminar, Liverpool Hope University, 2015)
‘Beaming across Literature, Science and Technology’ methodologies paper , by Invitation (ESRC ‘Enhancing Interdisciplinarity’ seminar series, 2015)
‘Newton’s F―t, Joe’s throat, and Scriblerian projections of longitude’ public lecture, by Invitation (The Board of Longitude Tercentennial Conference, National Maritime Museum, 2014)
‘Burning for the Truth: Early Modern Solar Technologies in Science, Satire and Myth’ research talk, by Invitation (North West Early Modern Seminar, 2014)
‘Technologies of the Sun' Ignite talk, by Invitation (AHRC/ Natural History Museum, 2014)
‘How to think about literature and science’ research methodologies lecture, by Invitation (ESRC ‘engage@liverpool’ series, 2014)
Royal Society public history of science lecture on Gulliver's Travels, by Invitation (Royal Society, 2013)
Professional Body Memberships
British Society for Literature and Science (Chair (2018-date), 2006 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
Impact Lead for English
Co-director, Literature & Science Hub
Lead for ‘Literature, Science and Environment’ research cluster
Steering Committee member, Eighteenth-Century Worlds research centre