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.

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Careers
The high life in Switzerland
2019-10-15T08:08:00
Where the salaries and costs are as steep as the mountains
Feature
Atom-by-atom experiments at the edge of the periodic table
2019-09-30T08:16:00
Only a few atoms of oganesson have ever been made – and they all vanished in less time than it took you to read this
Research
Superheavy oganesson is a semiconductor
2019-08-06T09:30:00
The heaviest element known continues to defy the rules of the periodic table
Research
Ionisation energy of promethium fills one of the last holes in periodic table
2019-07-02T09:30:00
Experiment puts an end to 75-year-old mystery
Opinion
Fraser Stoddart: 'Even when I'm sleeping, I average 40mph'
2019-06-28T09:00:00
On rotaxanes, travel and his love of Edinburgh
Careers
When was it best to be a chemist?
2019-06-11T09:30:00
How chemists’ pay has changed over the past 100 years
Feature
Victor Ninov and the element that never was
2019-06-10T09:35:00
20 years on, Kit Chapman investigates how a scientific scandal unfolded
Opinion
Cathleen Crudden: 'I played clarinet for the Pope'
2019-05-30T09:30:00
The catalysis maven on hair metal, literature and Big Science
Careers
Some parting careers advice
2019-05-21T11:47:00
A reflection on four years as careers editor
Sponsored
How possible contaminants are investigated
2019-05-07T09:45:00Sponsored by RSSL, by Kit Chapman
The analytical stages when a suspected issue is found in a product
Opinion
Omar Yaghi: 'MOFs are the most beautiful compounds ever made'
2019-05-01T14:30:00
Omar Yaghi on why chemistry is his hobby
Podcast
Levothyroxine
2019-04-26T09:30:00
Kit Chapman investigates the drug that has been one of the top five prescription medications in the UK every year for the last two decades
Opinion
What elements are on your bucket list?
2019-04-12T10:19:00
Why chemists want to work with everything on the periodic table
Careers
What’s going on in West Yorkshire
2019-04-11T09:30:00
The heart of the Northern Powerhouse has a strong chemical industry
Opinion
'It blows my mind I get to use these facilities'
2019-03-26T09:30:00
Element discoverer Dawn Shaughnessy on big science, future generations and Star Wars
Opinion
Can your hobbies make you a better chemist?
2019-03-13T14:30:00
Researchers suggest arts and crafts should be integrated into learning science
Review
Exhibition: Celebrating the Periodic Table
2019-03-12T14:52:00
A new exhibition at Cambridge University pays tribute to the chemical elements and their discoverers
Podcast
Polyethylene glycol or PEG
2019-03-08T13:28:00
The simple polymer that preserves and protects ancient artifacts, and saved a historical Swedish shipwreck from complete collapse
Opinion
'God gave Linus Pauling to chemistry'
2019-02-21T23:30:00
CNR Rao on inspiration, Indian chemistry and Benedict Cumberbatch
Opinion
Have we solved chemistry?
2019-02-13T15:15:00
A new book suggests chemistry is over 90% ‘complete’ – and that could be a good thing