Our Trainers
We practise what we teach: SciConnect’s trainers and consultants are professional experts who work day to day in the areas covered by our courses. Our principal trainers also have experience as research scientists.
Principal trainers
Dr Claire Ainsworth: Freelance journalist and science writer. Former Senior Reporter & News Features Editor at Nature; previously a reporter and features editor at New Scientist. Claire has won a number of awards, including an Association of British Science Writers Award in 2004. Claire holds a doctorate in developmental genetics from Oxford University.
Dr Jon Copley: Lecturer in Marine Ecology at the University of Southampton; freelance science writer for New Scientist, Nature, newspapers and magazines. Previously a full-time reporter and news editor at New Scientist and former co-ordinator of a NERC research programme. Jon is a highly experienced broadcast interviewee, has taken part in documentaries for the BBC and Discovery Channel and frequently gives public lectures about his research in deep-sea biology. His awards include a University of Southampton Teaching Award, Biosciences Federation Science Communication Award and British Association Charles Lyell Award for Environmental Sciences.
In addition to these principal trainers, we also engage other expert tutors from specific areas depending on the requirements of clients. These specialists include other science journalists from broadcast media (e.g. BBC television and radio), print (national newspapers), internet journalists and school teachers. Contact us to find out
more.