Sue Nelson

Nelson studied physics at University College Cardiff.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenakedscientists.com/users/sue-nelson|title=Sue Nelson {{!}} The Naked Scientists|website=www.thenakedscientists.com|access-date=4 August 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/10350039/Women-in-TV-science-time-to-shift-out-of-Top-Gear.html|title=Women in TV science: time to shift out of Top Gear|last=Nelson|first=Sue|date=2 October 2013|access-date=4 August 2018|issn=0307-1235}} She won a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/collegeofjournalism/entries/bc823f4f-0416-40e8-8a44-a5eac0327d81|title=BBC journalism fellowships 2015–16 now open for applications|date=20 February 2015|publisher=College of Journalism|access-date=4 August 2018}}

Nelson was presenter of Formula Five on BBC Radio 5 from 1990 to 1994. In 1997 she presented Right Stuff, Wrong Sex : Female Astronauts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/people/57/27.shtml|title=BBC – Archive – People – Sue Nelson|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 August 2018}} From 1997 to 2005 she was a science and technology correspondent for BBC News 24 and the science correspondent for the BBC Television News.{{Cite web|url=https://www.peterboroughstemfestival.co.uk/meet-our-speakers-sue-nelson/|title=Meet our speakers: Sue Nelson – Peterborough STEM Festival|website=peterboroughstemfestival.co.uk|access-date=4 August 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://findingada.com/shop/a-passion-for-science-stories-of-discovery-and-invention/williamina-fleming-star-of-scotland/|title=Williamina Fleming: Star of Scotland – Ada Lovelace Day|website=findingada.com|access-date=4 August 2018}} She was a presenter of The Material World on BBC Radio 4.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20080306.shtml|title=BBC – Radio 4 – The Material World|last=BBC|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 August 2018}} Nelson has also presented a number of science series on Radio 4, including Britain's Modern Brunels and Citizen Scientist in 2006. She produced Women with the Right Stuff on the BBC World Service.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p041b3yg|title=Women with the Right Stuff, The Documentary Podcast – BBC World Service|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 August 2018}} She began to present the Planet Earth podcasts in 2008. In 2010 she was made editor of The Biologist.{{Cite web|url=https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist/158-biologist/features/807-force-of-nature|title=Force of Nature|website=thebiologist.rsb.org.uk|access-date=4 August 2018}}

Nelson makes films for the European Space Agency.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180206-the-flight-that-brings-space-weightlessness-to-earth|title=The flight that brings space weightlessness to Earth|last=Nelson|first=Sue|access-date=4 August 2018}} She hosts the podcast Space Boffins through her media company Boffin Media, which has welcomed guests such as Buzz Aldrin, Eileen Collins, Helen Sharman and Tim Peake.{{Cite web|url=http://www.saqibooks.com/?post_type=books&p=8714|title=Wally Funk's Race for Space {{!}} Saqi Books|website=www.saqibooks.com|access-date=4 August 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.katemoonmanagement.com/person.php?person=33&name=Sue%20Nelson|title=Sue Nelson home page|website=katemoonmanagement.com|access-date=4 August 2018}} She presented the 2017 BBC World Service documentary Before I Go.{{Cite news|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/11/why-talking-about-death-is-a-essential-part-of-living/|title=Why talking about death is a essential part of living {{!}} The Spectator|date=4 November 2017|work=The Spectator|access-date=4 August 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2017/44/the-documentary-before-i-go|title=BBC – The Documentary: Before I Go – Media Centre|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 August 2018}} In 2018 she was taken to SAI International School with the British Council.{{Cite news|url=https://www.saiinternationalschool.com/international/women-in-journalism-bbc-reporter-sue-nelson-visits-sai/|title=Women in Journalism: BBC Reporter Sue Nelson visits SAI |work=SAI International School|access-date=4 August 2018}}

In 2004, she wrote How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/howtocloneperfec00suen|url-access=registration|quote=How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.|title=How to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True|last1=Nelson|first1=Sue|last2=Hollingham|first2=Richard|date=2004|publisher=Quirk Books|isbn=9781594740084|language=en}} In 2011 she published How to Live Forever: Lives Less Ordinary.{{Cite book|title=How to Live Forever : Lives Less Ordinary.|last=Hollingham|first=Sue Nelson & Richard|date=7 July 2011 |isbn=9781446490358|location=London|oclc=1012146241}} The rights to Nelson's third book,Wally Funk's Race for Space: On the Road with a Forgotten Pioneer of Aviation, were acquired by The Westbourne Press in November 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/saqi-publish-story-spurned-american-pilot-676876|title=Saqi to publish story of spurned American pilot {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=4 August 2018}} Wally Funk was one of the Mercury 13. It will be released in October 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/wally-funks-race-for-space/sue-nelson/9781908906342|title=Wally Funk's Race for Space by Sue Nelson {{!}} Waterstones|website=www.waterstones.com|access-date=4 August 2018}}

At age 60 Nelson was diagnosed with autism.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220405-the-life-changing-diagnosis-of-autism-in-later-life|title=Autism: I was diagnosed at 60|work=BBC|access-date=6 April 2022}}

• Association of British Science Writer’s Award{{Cite web |url=https://www.jla.co.uk/conference-speakers/sue-nelson|title=Book Sue Nelson – Conference Speaker – JLA|website=jla.co.uk|access-date=4 August 2018}}
• BT Technology Journalist Award for Robo Sapiens
• Glaxo Wellcome Science Writers' Award
• New York Festival International Radio Program Award 2018{{Cite web |url=http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2018/pieces-mobile.php?iid=535243&pid=1&d=m|title=New York Festivals – 2017 World's Best Radio Programs™ Winners|website=NewYorkFestivals.com|access-date=4 August 2018}}

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• [http://www.boffinmedia.co.uk/ Her website]
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/britainsmodernbrunels.shtml Britain's Modern Brunels]
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/citizenscience.shtml Citizen Scientist]
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld.shtml The Material World]

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