Sue Nelson

Susan Nelson (born 5 June 1961) is a British science writer and broadcaster. She is a former BBC science correspondent.

Early life and education

Nelson attended Wirral Grammar School for Girls, and studied physics at University College Cardiff. She won a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2004.

Career

Nelson was presenter of Formula Five on BBC Radio 5 from 1990 to 1994. In 1997 she presented Right Stuff, Wrong Sex : Female Astronauts. From 1997 to 2005 she was a science and technology correspondent for BBC News 24 and the science correspondent for the BBC Television News. She was a presenter of The Material World on BBC Radio 4. 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. She began to present the Planet Earth podcasts in 2008. In 2010 she was made editor of The Biologist.

Nelson makes films for the European Space Agency. 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. She presented the 2017 BBC World Service documentary Before I Go. In 2018 she was taken to SAI International School with the British Council.

Books

In 2004, she wrote How to Clone the Perfect Blonde. In 2011 she published How to Live Forever: Lives Less Ordinary. 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. Wally Funk was one of the Mercury 13. It will be released in October 2018.

Personal life

At age 60 Nelson was diagnosed with autism.

Awards

References

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  2. ↑ Murphy, Liam (18 July 2013). "Gravity of astronaut challenge too much for Wirral woman". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Sue Nelson | The Naked Scientists". www.thenakedscientists.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Nelson, Sue (2 October 2013). "Women in TV science: time to shift out of Top Gear". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "BBC journalism fellowships 2015–16 now open for applications". College of Journalism. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "BBC – Archive – People – Sue Nelson". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Meet our speakers: Sue Nelson – Peterborough STEM Festival". peterboroughstemfestival.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Williamina Fleming: Star of Scotland – Ada Lovelace Day". findingada.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ↑ BBC. "BBC – Radio 4 – The Material World". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Women with the Right Stuff, The Documentary Podcast – BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Force of Nature". thebiologist.rsb.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Nelson, Sue. "The flight that brings space weightlessness to Earth". Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  13. 1 2 "Wally Funk's Race for Space | Saqi Books". www.saqibooks.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Sue Nelson home page". katemoonmanagement.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "Why talking about death is a essential part of living | The Spectator". The Spectator. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "BBC – The Documentary: Before I Go – Media Centre". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Women in Journalism: BBC Reporter Sue Nelson visits SAI". SAI International School. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  18. ↑ Nelson, Sue; Hollingham, Richard (2004). How to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True. Quirk Books. ISBN 9781594740084. How to Clone the Perfect Blonde.
  19. ↑ Hollingham, Sue Nelson & Richard (7 July 2011). How to Live Forever : Lives Less Ordinary. London. ISBN 9781446490358. OCLC 1012146241.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  20. ↑ "Saqi to publish story of spurned American pilot | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  21. ↑ "Wally Funk's Race for Space by Sue Nelson | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  22. ↑ "Autism: I was diagnosed at 60". BBC. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  23. 1 2 "Book Sue Nelson – Conference Speaker – JLA". jla.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  24. ↑ "New York Festivals – 2017 World's Best Radio Programs™ Winners". NewYorkFestivals.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.