Experience

Positions held include:

Science Writer/Editor, The Wellcome Trust (2008 – present)
News and feature articles, blogs, audio clips, Twitter and other social media.

News Editor, The Science Reporter, official publication of the Association of British Science Writers (2008 – present)
Also News Editor of the ABSW website, member of the ABSW Executive Committee and Admin for the ABSW Facebook group.

News Editor, SciDev.Net (2006 – 2008)
Commissioning, editing, writing and organising news and feature content.

Editor-in-chief, I, Science, Imperial College London science magazine (2005-2006)
I,Science achieved second place in the Best Student Magazine category at the 2006 Guardian Student Media Awards.

Information Officer, Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2004-2005)
Contributed to major published reports, including The Ethics of Research Involving Animals and Healthcare Related Research in Developing Countries.

Qualifications:

Msc. Science Communication, Imperial College London (graduated 2006)

BSc. (Hons.) Genetics with Industrial Experience, University of Manchester (2:1, graduated 2002)