Kit Chapman
After finishing my pharmacy degree at the University of Bradford (including a year working in community and hospital pharmacies), I decided to make the unconventional leap in to science journalism. I cut my teeth on magazines for GPs and pharmacists, before taking over campaigns on the British Medical Association’s website.
From there I headed back to pharmacy, managing all clinical content in The Pharmaceutical Journal and Clinical Pharmacist, before leaping at the chance to join the Chemistry World team. I also occasionally write a bit for the Daily Telegraph and pop up in assorted skeptical podcasts.
FeatureScience's problem with unconscious bias
Kit Chapman looks at how people are tackling the hidden biases holding sections of society back in pursuing a career in science
CareersIs Macron's offer too good to be true?
France’s grant pledge to scientists is a new kind of recruitment
OpinionChemistry's piracy problem
‘Black’ open access is forcing a shake-up of chemistry journal publishing
FeatureWhat it takes to make a new element
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
OpinionStop placing chemists on 'un-American' watchlists
There is no space for ultra-conservative witch hunts in US academia
CareersHow to build a group website
Does it pay to be quirky? Our judges review different approaches to sharing your research online
OpinionWhy student debt may leave science dead on arrival
The cost of loans may drive chemists to leave countries such as the UK
OpinionIs your ego helping or hindering your career?
You’re so vain, you probably think this comment’s about you
PodcastArsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
OpinionRankings shouldn’t matter, but they do
Scoring universities is flawed yet still highly influential
CareersHow to put together a research proposal
The five points researchers should remember when pitching for funds
ResearchHow total synthesis is creating antibiotics
Macrolide synthesis could reinvigorate the antibiotic pipeline
