About me

I have been writing and editing, mostly about science, for more than two decades. I was founding editor in 2004 of Interactions, the newspaper of the Institute of Physics, and in 2015 I joined the online website BioNews as their Science Editor, writing about human genetics, fertility and stem cell research. I previously spent 5 years in the US – first working in San Francisco as a correspondent for the Times Higher Education Supplement, and then as Associate Editor of California Monthly, the alumni magazine of the University of California, Berkeley. Before that I worked for Nature magazine as their web editor.

I have a wide range of scientific interests, and I am at home writing about quantum physics and astronomy, molecular biology and medicine. I have a strong interest in environmental issues, as well as the history, philosophy and sociology of science. I am also a passionate advocate for breastfeeding mothers and in 2017 founded the non-profit organisation Better Breastfeeding to campaign on the issue.