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AWARD WINNERS:
Where are they now?
Be inspired by previous Science Writer Award Winners who have capitalised on their Award's experience and gone on to make names for themselves in the sciences, across research and development, journalism, and more.

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Writers/Journalists
Name
Science Career Achievements
Year of Entry
Dr Yfke Van Bergen Writes for the Times Higher Education Supplement 2005 winner
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Claire Bithell Works at the Science Media Centre, Royal Institution 2003 winner
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Lewis Brindley Has published a popular science book on the science of
astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth. "Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide" is published by OneWorld Publications.		 2003 2nd prize winner
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Kate Ravilious Writes for the Guardian 2000 winner
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Lynn Dicks

Freelance science writer and editor, writing for New Scientist, Science and BBC Wildlife. She is also ascience editor for the Environment Agency and a panellist on Radio 4's environmental science programme Home Planet.

www.writingscience.co.uk

1999 Winner
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Dr David Scott Following school I went to the University of Leeds where I read Medicine, and I also did a degree in Public Health. I'm currently on the North Yorkshire psychiatry training scheme, with the aim of becoming a psychiatrist. 1997 winner
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Anjana Ahuja
Science Features Writer, The Times
1993 entrant
1994 entrant
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Harriet Coles
Biological Sciences Editor, 'Nature'
1993 winner
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Stephen Battersby
Worked on 'New Scientist' and 'Nature'
1994 entrant
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Dr Sharon Ann Holgate

Freelance author, journalist and broadcaster.

First book (co-authored) - 'The Way Science Works'. Published in 2002 and shortlisted for the Junior Prize of the Aventis Prizes for Science Books in 2003.

Written for newspapers and magazines including New Scientist and the Times Higher Educational Supplement, and appear on radio and TV.

www.sharonannholgate.com

 1994 entrant
(Merit)
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Jon Copley
Former 'New Scientist' writer
1996 entrant
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Laura Spinney
Worked on 'New Scientist' and 'Nature'
1996 entrant
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Ian Sample
Science Writer, Guardian
1997 entrant
1998 winner
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David Bradley
Freelancer and joint co-author of "The Young Oxford Encyclopedia of Science".
1992 winner
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Stephen Hill
Now works on Material World
1994 entrant
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Paula Gould
Working on academic journal
1997 entrant
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Bob Ward
Freelancing and working for the Royal Society
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Nick Flowers
Mullard Space Science Lab, freelances for The Daily Telegraph and 'New Scientist'
1995 winner
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Katie Mantell
works for SciDev.net
1995 winner
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Tom Wakeford
Sussex Univesity, author and freelancer

 

Scientists
Name
Science Career Achievements
Year of Entry
Charles Cockell Works for the British Antarctic Survey  
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Clive Oppenheimer A volcanologist at Cambridge University 1990 winner
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Per Ahlberg
Lund University - a leading fossil expert
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Francesca Happe
Institute of Psychiatry, a leading autism/ asperger's expert
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Sarah Jayne Blakemore
Expert on brain scanning working at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square
1996 entrant
1997 entrant
1998 finalist