Peter Hammond

Peter Hammond is a retired university academic and campaigner for sewage-free rivers. He was Professor of Computational Biology at UCL’s Institute of Child Health until his retirement in 2015, where he used artificial intelligence and image analysis to detect brain and facial shape differences associated with genetic disorders and prenatal alcohol exposure.

From 2015 to 2018, Peter Hammond continued part-time research 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 to expose pollution and push for regulatory action.