Dr. Derek Bruce Fish

Since graduating as a Science and Mathematics teacher, Derek has been running Unizulu Science Centre in Richards Bay, South Africa, for almost 30 years. Derek’s passion is presenting Science and Mathematics to children in a way which encourages curiosity and inspires them to study further. He has presented science shows all over the world and attended all 8 of the Science Centre World Congresses. He has represented Africa on the International Programme Committee for these Congresses and on the Global Committee of ASTC. He is a Council member, founder and former President of the Southern African Association of Science and Technology Centres (SAASTEC). In 2016 he completed his doctorate in Physics with a study based in his science centre. In response to the COVID crisis he has pioneered a unique set of physics videos for matrics.