Paul Arnold

I’m passionate about scientific ideas and communicating them to the public. I believe everyone has an interest in science, whether they know it or not. It’s all a matter of how it is translated and presented.

My degree, from the University of London, is in biological sciences. Though I loved my studies, in particular evolutionary genetics, I did not pursue a career in science. My experimental technique was far from perfect and I had the patience of a gnat in a hurry. Ideally, whenever I set up an experiment I wanted the results and conclusions written by the following morning. It was torture waiting months to collect all the data samples. So I went into broadcasting instead and made dozens of high profile radio documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service. They covered a vast range of topics; from therapeutic cloning, to high energy physics and the work of the Vatican Observatory.

I travelled all over the world to interview scientists and feature their work. There were many high points. Among them was the time I spent with NASA scientists in the Arctic, as well as filming a documentary about the work of researchers from the British Antarctic Survey in Antarctica.

I’m now a freelance writer, living in Almeria, a beautiful region of southern Spain. I am just embarking on my print/internet scientific writing career.