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.
OpinionGas, flame and baseball
The mixed fates of three sports legends who joined the US Chemical Corps during the first world war
OpinionYour advice for new chemistry students
Seasoned chemists share their tips for surviving the undergraduate degree
CareersThe chemist who started a charity
How Víctor Molina Navas is using his skills to improve lives in Africa
ResearchHunt for element 119 to begin this year
Japan and the US team up to start the next row of the periodic table
OpinionScientists shouldn't be afraid of risk
A little gamble in your career is a healthy thing, if you’re smart about it
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
