PETER

BICKERTON

The Science Writer

About Me

Science writer, communications specialist & poet.

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.

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.

Education

2014 / July

The University of Manchester

PhD in Plant Sciences, studying the effects of environmental influences on cell signalling responses of green algae. Also a lecturer and demonstrator for undergraduate students.

Spatial and temporal specificity of Ca2+ signalling in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in response to osmotic stress.

2010 / July

The University of Manchester

BSc (Hons) 1st Class in Plant Science.

Work Experience

2018 - present

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

2017 - 2019

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.

2011 - present

Ambassador & resident poet at Thought for Food.

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.