Hannah Devlin a science writer in London. She is the science correspondent for the Guardian.
Hannah Devlin | |
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| Alma mater | Imperial College London University of Oxford |
| Employer | The Guardian |
| Known for | Science journalism |
Education
Devlin attended St Bede's College, Manchester, where she studied A-Levels in Maths, Physics, French and General Studies.[1] She completed an undergraduate degree in physics at Imperial College London in 2004[1] She has a PhD in functional magnetic resonance imaging from the University of Oxford.[2][3] In 2006, whilst Devlin was a PhD student, she worked for The Times on a British Science Association Media Fellowship.[4] She began her career as a journalist whilst completing her postgraduate studies.[5][6] She was a finalist for the Young Science Writers award.[7]
Career
Devlin worked for Research Fortnight for a year, before getting a permanent job at The Times in 2009.[1][8][9]
In 2015, Devlin was appointed to The Guardian.[10] She works as the science correspondent for The Guardian, as well as presenting their podcast Science Weekly.[11][12][13] Devlin has also written for the journal Science.[14] In 2017 she gave a keynote talk at the Human Tissue Association's annual conference.[15] She was a contributor to BBC One's TV show, Doctors.[16] She has been shortlisted for the 2017 The Press Awards Science Journalist of the Year.
Devlin is an advocate for women in science.[17] In 2011 she chaired a debate with Athene Donald, Ottoline Leyser and Keith Laws called "Women of science, do you know your place?".[18][19] She has contributed Opinion pieces for The Guardian, "Why don't women win Nobel science prizes?" and "Why are there so few women in tech? The truth behind the Google memo".[20][21]
References
- ^ a b c "Interview with Hannah Devlin". The Scientific 23. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Former Students and Post Docs — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences". www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "What is FMRI? — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences". www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "The Fellows". British Science Association. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "'Clean' car exhausts that emit toxic gases" (PDF). Glasgow University. 2007-04-16. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Behind the web of lies". Times Higher Education (THE). 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Highfield, By Roger (2007-08-21). "Shining a light on a world of complexity". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Administrator. "Dragons' Den - UK Conference of Science Journalists". www.ukcsj.org. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Women's Health Archives - A Room of Our Own". A Room of Our Own. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Media Updates - 5 February | Vuelio". Vuelio. 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Hannah Devlin". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Weekly, The Guardian's Science. "The Guardian's Science Weekly – Podcast". Podtail. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Dr Hannah Devlin - Oxford Talks". talks.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Hannah Devlin". Science | AAAS. 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Human Tissue Authority (HTA) (2017-07-18), Hannah Devlin - HTA conference 2017 'Conversations around death and dying', retrieved 2018-03-02
- ^ "Clean, Series 18, Doctors - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Hannah Devlin - Media Masters". Media Masters. 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Women of science, do you know your place?". Research Blogs. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Different is OK, but inequality is not". Times Higher Education (THE). 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Devlin, Hannah (2017-10-06). "Why don't women win Nobel science prizes? | Hannah Devlin". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Devlin, Hannah; Hern, Alex (2017-08-08). "Why are there so few women in tech? The truth behind the Google memo". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-02.