Sue Nelson
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Susan Nelson (born 5 June 1961)[1] is a British science writer and broadcaster. She is a former BBC science correspondent.
Nelson attended Wirral Grammar School for Girls, and studied physics at University College Cardiff.[2][3][4] She won a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2004.[5]
Career
Nelson was presenter of Formula Five on BBC Radio 5 from 1990 to 1994. In 1997 she presented Right Stuff, Wrong Sex : Female Astronauts.[6] From 1997 to 2005 she was a science and technology correspondent for BBC News 24 and the science correspondent for the BBC Television News.[7][8] She was a presenter of The Material World on BBC Radio 4.[9] 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.[10] She began to present the Planet Earth podcasts in 2008.[3] In 2010 she was made editor of The Biologist.[11]
Nelson makes films for the European Space Agency.[12] 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.[13][14] She presented the 2017 BBC World Service documentary Before I Go.[15][16] In 2018 she was taken to SAI International School with the British Council.[17]
Books
In 2004, she wrote How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.[18] In 2011 she published How to Live Forever: Lives Less Ordinary.[19] 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.[20][13] Wally Funk was one of the Mercury 13. It will be released in October 2018.[21]
Personal life
At age 60 Nelson was diagnosed with autism.[22]
Awards
- Association of British Science Writer’s Award[23]
- BT Technology Journalist Award[23] for Robo Sapiens
- Glaxo Wellcome Science Writers' Award
- New York Festival International Radio Program Award 2018[24]
References
- ↑ Companies House
- ↑ Murphy, Liam (18 July 2013). "Gravity of astronaut challenge too much for Wirral woman". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Sue Nelson | The Naked Scientists". www.thenakedscientists.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ Nelson, Sue (2 October 2013). "Women in TV science: time to shift out of Top Gear". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "BBC journalism fellowships 2015–16 now open for applications". College of Journalism. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "BBC – Archive – People – Sue Nelson". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Meet our speakers: Sue Nelson – Peterborough STEM Festival". peterboroughstemfestival.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Williamina Fleming: Star of Scotland – Ada Lovelace Day". findingada.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ BBC. "BBC – Radio 4 – The Material World". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Women with the Right Stuff, The Documentary Podcast – BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Force of Nature". thebiologist.rsb.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ Nelson, Sue. "The flight that brings space weightlessness to Earth". Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- 1 2 "Wally Funk's Race for Space | Saqi Books". www.saqibooks.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Sue Nelson home page". katemoonmanagement.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Why talking about death is a essential part of living | The Spectator". The Spectator. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "BBC – The Documentary: Before I Go – Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Women in Journalism: BBC Reporter Sue Nelson visits SAI". SAI International School. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ Nelson, Sue; Hollingham, Richard (2004). How to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True. Quirk Books. ISBN 9781594740084.
How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.
- ↑ Hollingham, Sue Nelson & Richard (7 July 2011). How to Live Forever : Lives Less Ordinary. London. ISBN 9781446490358. OCLC 1012146241.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Saqi to publish story of spurned American pilot | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Wally Funk's Race for Space by Sue Nelson | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Autism: I was diagnosed at 60". BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- 1 2 "Book Sue Nelson – Conference Speaker – JLA". jla.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "New York Festivals – 2017 World's Best Radio Programs™ Winners". NewYorkFestivals.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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