Simen Kvaal is a member of The Young Academy of Norway, consisting of 42 "talented, junior researchers from all disciplines...", and runs his very own ERC starting grant, BIVAQUM.
He has earlier written several popular-science articles, for instance for the natural-science blogg Kollokvium. He has a knack for explaining things in a popular way, so if you would like to get a comprehensive glimpse into our field of science take a look at Simen's article.