Lisa Burke

Independent Presenter and Science Writer

Lisa is a presenter and science writer.

Whilst living in Luxembourg, she conceived and created RTL Today (English news & entertainment), where she currently presents weekly reports and will soon launch a podcast. In 2018 she interviewed all the party leaders ahead of the national elections.

Lisa’s career started with a decade at Sky News, in London, as a presenter covering science, environment, news and weather.

Other television work includes domestic and foreign assignments, live studio work + reporting: BBC, Channel 4, various Sky channels, Fox news and radio. She has written and presented documentaries and travel shows for Sky & RTE (Ireland). Lisa has also acted in films and is a regular voice-over artist.

Lisa lived in Abu Dhabi for two years, writing for The National newspaper.

Lisa studied Natural Sciences (physics, chemistry, geology, maths) at Cambridge, obtaining a double first (MSci and BSci) with specialism in chemistry. Since 2005, she has been a science consultant and author with Dorling Kindersley / Penguin / Random House Publishing for children’s science books, and has written numerous herself.

Lisa is passionate about music and continues to study at Conservatoire du Nord and sings with Choeur de Chambre de Luxembourg. Previously she sang with the BBC Symphony Chorus for many years, and three groups in Abu Dhabi. She also plays piano, violin, tin whistle and piano accordion.

Lisa is on the Communications Working Group for Cambridge University and ILA (Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs)

Lisa has two daughters – trying to be a mother is the toughest role of all.