Jean-Patrick Connerade (Chaunes) is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Imperial College and writes poetry (in French, under his pen name Chaunes). He is the founder and organiser of the 'Science meets Poetry' events. He is also President of the European Academy of Sciences Arts and Literature, Honorary Professor of Physics at the East China University of Shanghai. He is the International Representative of the Society of French Poets, based in Paris and Honorary President of Euroscience in Strasbourg.