Team Archive - Research Professional News https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/ Research policy, research funding and research politics news Tue, 14 May 2024 11:15:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 Sarah Richardson https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/sarah-richardson/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:39:08 +0000 http://34.243.20.6/?post_type=team&p=29737 Sarah oversees editorial coverage and strategy. She has been a journalist and editor for 16 years and is a past PPA Writer of the Year. She joined in 2017 from UBM, where she edited Building, one of the UK’s longest-running specialist media titles, and she has appeared as a commentator for BBC, ITV and other […]

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]]> Sarah oversees editorial coverage and strategy. She has been a journalist and editor for 16 years and is a past PPA Writer of the Year. She joined in 2017 from UBM, where she edited Building, one of the UK’s longest-running specialist media titles, and she has appeared as a commentator for BBC, ITV and other media. She has an MA in English from the University of Cambridge and is an ambassador for education charity The Talent Foundry.

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]]> Craig Nicholson https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/craig-nicholson/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:47:47 +0000 http://34.243.20.6/?post_type=team&p=30153 Craig assists the Editor and Deputy Editor in directing and shaping Research Europe’s news coverage. He also writes news and features. Before joining *Research, he edited academic healthcare journals and was a copy editor across the Nature Reviews life science journals at Nature Publishing Group. He has a degree in biochemistry from the University of […]

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]]> Craig assists the Editor and Deputy Editor in directing and shaping Research Europe’s news coverage. He also writes news and features. Before joining *Research, he edited academic healthcare journals and was a copy editor across the Nature Reviews life science journals at Nature Publishing Group. He has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Nottingham.

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]]> Mićo Tatalović https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/mico-tatalovic/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 08:01:53 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=112581 Mićo oversees our UK news. He has previously worked as a science news editor at Nature, New Scientist, and SciDev.Net. In 2018, he completed the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, US, where he researched the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in science journalism. He is also […]

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]]> Mićo oversees our UK news. He has previously worked as a science news editor at Nature, New Scientist, and SciDev.Net. In 2018, he completed the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, US, where he researched the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in science journalism. He is also immediate former chairman of the Association of British Science Writers, and a board member of the European Federation for Science Journalism.

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]]> Robin Bisson https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/robin-bisson/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 10:51:12 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=144874 he/him Robin joined Research Professional News in 2019 and is currently Lead Reporter and Assistant Editor, focusing on UK news. From August 2023 he has taken up the role of Features Editor as a maternity cover. His reporting has led to an award from the Association of British Science Writers, a shortlisting in the British Journalism Awards […]

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Robin joined Research Professional News in 2019 and is currently Lead Reporter and Assistant Editor, focusing on UK news. From August 2023 he has taken up the role of Features Editor as a maternity cover. His reporting has led to an award from the Association of British Science Writers, a shortlisting in the British Journalism Awards and an appearance on BBC radio. Robin has also written for The Guardian, The Independent and Cosmos Magazine and has degrees in mathematics and philosophy of science.

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]]> Chris Parr https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/chris-parr/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:53:25 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=112600 he/him Chris covers higher education policy and universities, and regularly writes the *HE 8am Playbook. He is an award-winning education journalist who spent six years at Times Higher Education, three as a reporter and three as digital editor. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement, and has been widely published in the education […]

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Chris covers higher education policy and universities, and regularly writes the *HE 8am Playbook. He is an award-winning education journalist who spent six years at Times Higher Education, three as a reporter and three as digital editor. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement, and has been widely published in the education press. His work for Research Professional News has been covered by newspapers including The Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Independent, as well as by broadcasters including the BBC and ITV.

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]]> John Whitfield https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/john-whitfield/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:43:48 +0000 http://34.243.20.6/?post_type=team&p=29952 John has been comment editor since 2012 and is the author of two books: People Will Talk: the surprising science of reputation; and In the Beat of a Heart: life, energy and the unity of nature. He has written news, features and reviews for Science, Scientific American, New Scientist, Slate, the FT and the London […]

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]]> John has been comment editor since 2012 and is the author of two books: People Will Talk: the surprising science of reputation; and In the Beat of a Heart: life, energy and the unity of nature. He has written news, features and reviews for Science, Scientific American, New Scientist, Slate, the FT and the London Review of Books, and worked for six years at Nature. He has a PhD in zoology from the University of Cambridge.

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]]> Nina Bo Wagner https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/nina-bo-wagner/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:48:25 +0000 https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=526385 Nina is an EU reporter specialising in European Parliament and Council of EU legislation, EU agencies, artificial intelligence, and equity, diversity and inclusion. She has received multiple fellowships from the European Commission and Parliament. She holds a BA in Development Studies from Soas University of London and an MSc in Gender from London School of […]

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]]> Nina is an EU reporter specialising in European Parliament and Council of EU legislation, EU agencies, artificial intelligence, and equity, diversity and inclusion. She has received multiple fellowships from the European Commission and Parliament. She holds a BA in Development Studies from Soas University of London and an MSc in Gender from London School of Economics.

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]]> Frances Jones https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/frances-jones/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:38:46 +0000 https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=526430 Frances is a UK and EU reporter specialising in research community. Before joining *Research, Frances was the lead reporter at Captive Insurance Times, a niche publication covering the global captive markets. She started her journalism career at another specialty publication, Batteries International. Frances has a BSc in Marketing and Management from the University of Sussex.

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]]> Frances is a UK and EU reporter specialising in research community. Before joining *Research, Frances was the lead reporter at Captive Insurance Times, a niche publication covering the global captive markets. She started her journalism career at another specialty publication, Batteries International. Frances has a BSc in Marketing and Management from the University of Sussex.

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]]> Martin McQuillan https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/martin-mcquillan/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:49:19 +0000 http://34.243.20.6/?post_type=team&p=30169 Martin writes the Ivory Tower and Third Degree columns, and is a contributor to our 8am Playbook. His commentaries on higher education have appeared in The Guardian, The New European and Times Higher Education. He is an award wining filmmaker and writer, and is director of the Institute for Creative Enterprise at Edge Hill University […]

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]]> Martin writes the Ivory Tower and Third Degree columns, and is a contributor to our 8am Playbook. His commentaries on higher education have appeared in The Guardian, The New European and Times Higher Education. He is an award wining filmmaker and writer, and is director of the Institute for Creative Enterprise at Edge Hill University in Liverpool.

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]]> Harriet Swain https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/harriet-swain/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:50:03 +0000 http://34.243.20.6/?post_type=team&p=30177 Harriet is a comment editor at Research Professional News, commissioning and writing news and analysis on UK higher education policy. She was previously deputy books and features editor at The Times Higher Education Supplement, and has freelanced for 15 years for The Guardian’s education section. She has a degree in history from Balliol College, University of […]

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]]> Harriet is a comment editor at Research Professional News, commissioning and writing news and analysis on UK higher education policy. She was previously deputy books and features editor at The Times Higher Education Supplement, and has freelanced for 15 years for The Guardian’s education section. She has a degree in history from Balliol College, University of Oxford, and a journalism diploma from City University London, where she is also a visiting lecturer.

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]]> Fiona McIntyre https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/fiona-mcintyre/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:50:52 +0000 http://34.243.20.6/?post_type=team&p=30189 Fiona manages features across Research Professional News, Research Europe and Research Fortnight. She also covers news on universities, higher education policy and research. She joined in 2018 from New Civil Engineer, an award-winning specialist magazine, where she wrote news and features. She has previously written for the BBC and several newspapers and magazines. Fiona trained […]

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]]> Fiona manages features across Research Professional News, Research Europe and Research Fortnight. She also covers news on universities, higher education policy and research. She joined in 2018 from New Civil Engineer, an award-winning specialist magazine, where she wrote news and features. She has previously written for the BBC and several newspapers and magazines. Fiona trained for her NCTJ with top-ranking journalism school News Associates.

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]]> James Brooks https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/james-brooks/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:51:34 +0000 http://34.243.20.6/?post_type=team&p=30197 James is responsible for Funding Insight, which covers UK and international funding calls, and career and grants advice. He also reports on French news for Research Europe. Previously, James worked as a biopharma executive-search consultant in Paris before becoming science editor for BioNews, a fertility and genetics newsletter. He has a BSc in pharmacology and […]

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]]> James is responsible for Funding Insight, which covers UK and international funding calls, and career and grants advice. He also reports on French news for Research Europe. Previously, James worked as a biopharma executive-search consultant in Paris before becoming science editor for BioNews, a fertility and genetics newsletter. He has a BSc in pharmacology and a MA in science journalism. He is a regular contributor to Critical Muslim, the Muslim Institute’s quarterly publication.

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]]> Inga Vesper https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/inga-vesper/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:46:34 +0000 http://34.243.20.6/?post_type=team&p=30145 Inga is senior editor at *Research. She cut her teeth on research policymaking in Brussels and across the EU, before becoming news editor at Research Europe. After a stint as global news and features editor at SciDev.Net, she is now a part-time freelancer. Her work has been published in Nature, Science, Scientific American, The Guardian […]

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]]> Inga is senior editor at *Research. She cut her teeth on research policymaking in Brussels and across the EU, before becoming news editor at Research Europe. After a stint as global news and features editor at SciDev.Net, she is now a part-time freelancer. Her work has been published in Nature, Science, Scientific American, The Guardian and the Climate News Network.

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]]> Linda Nordling https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/linda-nordling/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:30:27 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=112452 Linda is the founding editor of Research Africa. She is a widely published journalist and columnist specialising in science, technology, health and development stories with a focus on Africa. She holds a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College, London.

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]]> Linda is the founding editor of Research Africa. She is a widely published journalist and columnist specialising in science, technology, health and development stories with a focus on Africa. She holds a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College, London.

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]]> Jenny Sinclair https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/jenny-sinclair/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:06:51 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=299709 Jenny Sinclair is a Melbourne-based journalist. Formerly a technology reporter for The Age newspaper, she now writes across a range of fields including public policy, the arts and social issues. Her work has appeared in The Age, the Australian, Meanjin, Griffith Review, Island, on ABC radio and in numerous magazines and anthologies. She is the […]

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]]> Jenny Sinclair is a Melbourne-based journalist. Formerly a technology reporter for The Age newspaper, she now writes across a range of fields including public policy, the arts and social issues. Her work has appeared in The Age, the Australian, Meanjin, Griffith Review, Island, on ABC radio and in numerous magazines and anthologies. She is the author of two non-fiction books (the historical biography A Walking Shadow and the city-biography Much Ado About Melbourne) and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Melbourne’s department of culture and communication. She was the winner of the 2019 Nature Conservancy Nature Writing essay prize. She has taught creative writing at Melbourne University and worked as an advisor to public creative arts programs.

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]]> Krijn Soeteman https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/krijn-soeteman/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:00:45 +0000 https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=526124 Krijn Soeteman is a Dutch science and technology journalist. He majored in the history of art and architecture. After his studies he started as a music video producer. This led to producing a Museum Night at the NEMO Science Museum, which eventually led to science journalism.

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]]> Krijn Soeteman is a Dutch science and technology journalist. He majored in the history of art and architecture. After his studies he started as a music video producer. This led to producing a Museum Night at the NEMO Science Museum, which eventually led to science journalism.

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]]> Hristio Boytchev https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/hristio-boytchev/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:35:51 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=139212 Hristio is a Berlin based science and health journalist with a focus on data-driven and investigative reporting. He has worked as reporter for the non-profit newsroom Correctiv and as a freelance medical and science journalist for NDR, “Stern”, “Der Spiegel” and “Nature”. He develops www.followthegrant.org, a tool for investigating conflicts of interest. Hristio has master’s degrees […]

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]]> Hristio is a Berlin based science and health journalist with a focus on data-driven and investigative reporting. He has worked as reporter for the non-profit newsroom Correctiv and as a freelance medical and science journalist for NDR, “Stern”, “Der Spiegel” and “Nature”. He develops www.followthegrant.org, a tool for investigating conflicts of interest. Hristio has master’s degrees in biology from the TU Dresden and journalism from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He graduated from the German National Academic Foundation’s “Science and Foreign Journalism” program in 2011, was with the “Washington Post” as an Arthur F. Burns Fellow in 2012 and was voted the number three science journalist in Germany by “Medium Magazin” in 2016.

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]]> Fabio Turone https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/fabio-turone/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:00:56 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=112631 Fabio is a science journalist based in Milan, where since 2002 he directs the Agency Zoe of science journalism. Former correspondent of The BMJ, he has been contributing to many Italian and International media, mostly on medicine and healthcare. In 2016-17 he was Research Fellow of the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute […]

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]]> Fabio is a science journalist based in Milan, where since 2002 he directs the Agency Zoe of science journalism. Former correspondent of The BMJ, he has been contributing to many Italian and International media, mostly on medicine and healthcare. In 2016-17 he was Research Fellow of the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Soon after he funded, and currently directs, the Center for Ethics in Science and Journalism, doing research and teaching on science journalism.

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]]> Craig Harris https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/craig-harris/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:12:56 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=144921 Craig runs the subs desk at *Research. He is a production journalist with more than ten years’ experience editing, writing and commissioning content for many print and digital publications. Craig has covered several compelling subjects throughout his career – including nursing, technology and the advertising industry – and has a BA in politics, philosophy and […]

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]]> Craig runs the subs desk at *Research. He is a production journalist with more than ten years’ experience editing, writing and commissioning content for many print and digital publications. Craig has covered several compelling subjects throughout his career – including nursing, technology and the advertising industry – and has a BA in politics, philosophy and economics from the Open University.

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]]> Grace Harrison https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/grace-harrison/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:03:11 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=112643 she/her Grace studied Design & Communication at Central St Martins before joining *Research as an Editorial Researcher. She later joined the Production team, where she now works to make sure the content created by our journalists and researchers gets delivered safely to our readers. Grace puts her artistic skills to good use by producing in-house […]

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Grace studied Design & Communication at Central St Martins before joining *Research as an Editorial Researcher. She later joined the Production team, where she now works to make sure the content created by our journalists and researchers gets delivered safely to our readers. Grace puts her artistic skills to good use by producing in-house material, online artwork and illustrations as well as sourcing images for the news team.

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]]> Orlen Crawford https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/team/orlen-crawford/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:09:15 +0000 http://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/?post_type=team&p=452199 After graduating with a Master’s in Archaeology, Orlen joined the *Research team as an Editorial Researcher. They transitioned to the production side of things and now work behind the scenes to ensure content is delivered to our readers in style.

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]]> After graduating with a Master’s in Archaeology, Orlen joined the *Research team as an Editorial Researcher. They transitioned to the production side of things and now work behind the scenes to ensure content is delivered to our readers in style.

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