Hannah Devlin is an author in London and science correspondent for The Guardian.
Hannah Devlin | |
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 UK Science Journalists: (left to right) Roger Highfield, Nigel Hawkes, Mark Henderson, Hannah Devlin, Ed Yong, in the 2011 Geek Calendar to support Libel Reform | |
| Education | St Bede's College, Manchester |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London (BSc) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Known for | Science journalism |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Research Fortnight The Times The Guardian |
| Thesis | Physiological variability in functional magnetic resonance imaging (2008) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Jezzard[1] |
| Website | theguardian |
Education
editDevlin attended St Bede's College, Manchester, where she studied A-Levels in Maths, Physics, French and General Studies.[2] She completed an undergraduate degree in physics at Imperial College London in 2004[2] She has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in functional magnetic resonance imaging from the University of Oxford for research supervised by Peter Jezzard.[1][3][4] In 2006, whilst Devlin was a DPhil student, she worked for The Times on a British Science Association Media Fellowship.[5] She began her career as a journalist whilst completing her postgraduate studies.[6][7] She was a finalist for the Young Science Writers award.[8]
Career
editDevlin worked for Research Fortnight for a year, before getting a permanent job at The Times in 2009.[2][9][10]
In 2015, Devlin was appointed to The Guardian.[11] She works as the science correspondent for The Guardian,[12] as well as presenting their podcast Science Weekly.[13][14][15] Devlin has also written for the journal Science.[16] In 2017 she gave a keynote talk at the Human Tissue Association's annual conference.[17] She has been shortlisted for the 2017 The Press Awards Science Journalist of the Year.
Devlin is an advocate for women in science.[18] In 2011 she chaired a debate with Athene Donald, Ottoline Leyser and Keith Laws called Women of science, do you know your place?.[19][20] She has contributed opinion pieces such as Why don't women win Nobel science prizes?[21] and Why are there so few women in tech? The truth behind the Google memo.[22]
References
edit- ^ a b Devlin, Hannah (2008). Physiological variability in functional magnetic resonance imaging. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 757052157. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.496847.
- ^ a b c "Interview with Hannah Devlin". thescientific23.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Former Students and Post Docs". Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "What is FMRI? — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences". www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "The Fellows". British Science Association. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "'Clean' car exhausts that emit toxic gases" (PDF). Glasgow University. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Behind the web of lies". timeshighereducation.com. Times Higher Education. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2018. (subscription required)
- ^ Highfield, Roger (21 August 2007). "Shining a light on a world of complexity". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Administrator. "Dragons' Den - UK Conference of Science Journalists". www.ukcsj.org. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Women's Health Archives - A Room of Our Own". A Room of Our Own. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Media Updates". Vuelio. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Devlin, Hannah (24 July 2018). "Academic writes 270 Wikipedia pages in a year to get female scientists noticed". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Hannah Devlin". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "The Guardian's Science Weekly – Podcast". Podtail. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Dr Hannah Devlin - Oxford Talks". talks.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Hannah Devlin". Science | AAAS. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Human Tissue Authority (HTA) (18 July 2017), Hannah Devlin - HTA conference 2017 'Conversations around death and dying', retrieved 2 March 2018
- ^ "Hannah Devlin - Media Masters". Media Masters. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Women of science, do you know your place?". Research Blogs. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Different is OK, but inequality is not". 10 August 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Devlin, Hannah (6 October 2017). "Why don't women win Nobel science prizes?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Devlin, Hannah; Hern, Alex (8 August 2017). "Why are there so few women in tech? The truth behind the Google memo". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2018.