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.
