Susan Nelson (born 5 June 1961) [1] is a science writer and broadcaster. She is a former BBC science correspondent.
Nelson studied physics at University College Cardiff. [2] [3] She won a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2004. [4]
Nelson was presenter of Formula Five on BBC Radio 5 from 1990 to 1994. In 1997 she presented Right Stuff, Wrong Sex : Female Astronauts. [5] From 1997 to 2005 she was a science and technology correspondent for BBC News 24 and the science correspondent for the BBC Television News. [6] [7] She was a presenter of The Material World on BBC Radio 4. [8] Nelson has also presented a number of science series on Radio 4, including Britain's Modern Brunels and Citizen Scientist in 2006. She produced Women with the Right Stuff on the BBC World Service. [9] She began to present the Planet Earth podcasts in 2008. [2] In 2010 she was made editor of The Biologist. [10]
Nelson makes films for the European Space Agency. [11] She hosts the podcast Space Boffins through her media company Boffin Media, which has welcomed guests such as Buzz Aldrin, Eileen Collins, Helen Sharman and Tim Peake. [12] [13] She presented the 2017 BBC World Service documentary Before I Go. [14] [15] In 2018 she was taken to SAI International School with the British Council. [16]
In 2004 she wrote How to Clone the Perfect Blonde. [17] In 2011 she published How to Live Forever: Lives Less Ordinary. [18] The rights to Nelson's third book,Wally Funk's Race for Space: On the Road with a Forgotten Pioneer of Aviation, were acquired by The Westbourne Press in November 2017. [19] [12] Wally Funk was one of the Mercury 13. It will be released in October 2018. [20]
At age 60 Nelson was diagnosed with autism. [21]
How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.
Susan Nelson (born 5 June 1961) [1] is a science writer and broadcaster. She is a former BBC science correspondent.
Nelson studied physics at University College Cardiff. [2] [3] She won a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2004. [4]
Nelson was presenter of Formula Five on BBC Radio 5 from 1990 to 1994. In 1997 she presented Right Stuff, Wrong Sex : Female Astronauts. [5] From 1997 to 2005 she was a science and technology correspondent for BBC News 24 and the science correspondent for the BBC Television News. [6] [7] She was a presenter of The Material World on BBC Radio 4. [8] Nelson has also presented a number of science series on Radio 4, including Britain's Modern Brunels and Citizen Scientist in 2006. She produced Women with the Right Stuff on the BBC World Service. [9] She began to present the Planet Earth podcasts in 2008. [2] In 2010 she was made editor of The Biologist. [10]
Nelson makes films for the European Space Agency. [11] She hosts the podcast Space Boffins through her media company Boffin Media, which has welcomed guests such as Buzz Aldrin, Eileen Collins, Helen Sharman and Tim Peake. [12] [13] She presented the 2017 BBC World Service documentary Before I Go. [14] [15] In 2018 she was taken to SAI International School with the British Council. [16]
In 2004 she wrote How to Clone the Perfect Blonde. [17] In 2011 she published How to Live Forever: Lives Less Ordinary. [18] The rights to Nelson's third book,Wally Funk's Race for Space: On the Road with a Forgotten Pioneer of Aviation, were acquired by The Westbourne Press in November 2017. [19] [12] Wally Funk was one of the Mercury 13. It will be released in October 2018. [20]
At age 60 Nelson was diagnosed with autism. [21]
How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.