Darragh Ennis

Darragh Ennis is a scientist, TV personality and professional quizzer. He gained a BSc and PhD in biology at Maynooth University in Ireland. He then moved to Montreal to research the insect pests of maple syrup plantations before working for thirteen years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Biochemistry Department of the University of Oxford, where he studied RNA biology in fly brains to better understand how memories are made. In 2017 he appeared as a contestant on ITV’s quiz show, The Chase, and joined the series as a ‘Chaser’ (best known as ‘The Menace’) in 2020. Darragh now works in media full time. He lives in Oxford with his wife and children, where he writes books and keeps bees.