Dr PETER

BICKERTON

The Science Writer

About Me

Science writer, communications specialist & poet.

Award winning science communications portfolio spanning writing, social media and public engagement. Contact me via the form at the bottom of this page to request a quote or to discuss a project.

I currently write for SynBioBeta, Forbes Magazine & The Earlham Institute. I am also resident poet and ambassador for Thought for Food.

Featured on the BBC, ITV, CNN, Brazil's Rede Globo and at international events from PICNIC Brazil to One Young World, Sandbox and the Thought for Food Global Summit.

Author of Millennial: a decade of dreams, nightmares and perspective.

Work Experience

2018 - present

Scientific Communications & Outreach Manager at Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK.

Freelance writer at SynBioBeta.

2011 - present

Resident Poet, Ambassador & Next Generation Councillor at Thought for Food.

2016 - 2018

Head of Plant Sciences at agrilution GmbH, Munich, Germany.

2014 - 2017

Science writer, communications & public engagement specialist at Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK.

Education

2014 / July

The University of Manchester

PhD in Plant Sciences

2010 / July

The University of Manchester

BSc (Hons) 1st Class in Plant Science.

Thought For Food inspires and mobilizesthe next generation of leaders to develop bold, out-of-the-box innovations that help solve the greatest challenge facing our collective future:

How to feed 9+ billion people.