User:BRValsler

I'm Ben Valsler, a science journalist and communicator based in Cambridge, UK.

I'm currently the online and multimedia editor of Chemistry World at the Royal Society of Chemistry. I'm also undertaking wikipedia training given by our Wikimedian in residence Andy. I've previously been producer of the Naked Scientists Radio Show and podcast, based at the University of Cambridge. I'm also a regular judge for the Cambridge round of science communication competition FameLab, and have delivered science communication talks and training at universities including University College London, University of Cambridge, and (as an associate trainer with the Training Group, Part of Graphic Science) the University of Bath.

I also have an interest in comics and graphic novels, and have delivered talks on the depictions of science and technology in this artform. In 2014, I spoke on this topic prior to Nunkie Theatre performances of H.G.Wells' The Time Machine In Leeds, Chelmsford and Cambridge. I also hosted and moderated "Graphic Chemistry: The Science in Comics From Fantasy to Factual" a Royal Society of Chemistry public lecture by Paul Gravett, at Burlington House in December 2014.