Science Writer David Bradley

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CAMBRIDGE, UK - I've worked in science communication for more than twenty years, since 23rd January 1989, in fact, having started out post-university as a technical editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry. My first professional feature article was published just over a year later for New Scientist in May 1990 and discussed the pioneering organometallic chemistry of the late Ron Snaith here in Cambridge.

Previously, I'd done some in-house and student newsletter writing, of course, and during the last two decades, I've written for a diverse range of publications, magazines, papers, organisations, companies, websites; check out the past and present clients list below.

You'll probably recognise a few of the names in my client list. In no particular order: Science, Nature, New Scientist, Chemistry World, The Economist, BioMedNet, ChemWeb, Microsoft Encarta, Dorling Kindersley etc. I am also a former Contributing Editor to the American Chemical Society journal Analytical Chemistry.

I have turned my attention to a wide range of scientific, technical, engineering, and medical (STEM) subjects over the years and have researched and written most kinds of news and features, done countless interviews and profiles, and prepared promotional and "in-house" literature and web materials, as well as reporting from conferences and symposia (live, virtually and even retrospectively).

As you've probably realised, I'm also quite keen on spreading the scientific word through my personal blog and via Twitter and Facebook.

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I am a member of the Association of British Science Writers, the US National Association of Science Writers, and a Chartered Chemist member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In September 2007, I created the Science Writers Facebook Group, which is now a science writers fan page. I'm also on Twitter as @sciencebase where I've created a scientwists list and a scientists twibe to help bring together scientists using social media.

I was winner of the 1992 Daily Telegraph Science Writer of the Year for an article about sperm and egg communications, entitled Not Every Sperm is Sacred. I was Runner-up in the 1995 Chemical Industries Association (CIA) Awards for articles communicating science to the public and also received a Commendation in the 1997 Medical Journalism Awards.

My Reactive Reports web site was short-listed for the Pirelli science multimedia awards in 2001 and subsequently my various other websites have been nominated, reached the finals and won several online accolades. Most recently, my Sciencetext.com site was a finalist in the 2008weblogawards and I was a Shorty Award finalist in 2008.

I co-authored, with John Gribbin, Richard Dawkins, Ian Stewart and others, the popular science book A Brief History of Science and am co-author of The Young Oxford Encyclopedia of Science. I was chemistry consultant on Adam Hart-Davis' latest book of science for Dorling Kindersley published October 2009.