Pete Moore

Pete Moore was born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire and lived in Retford, Nottinghamshire and Buntingford, Hertfordshire, before studying the 'Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals' at the University of Reading. He stayed at Reading to pursue a PhD in fetal physiology, with a research project that aimed to work out the neural mechanisms that cause mammals to breathe once they are born. His Post-doctorate phase involved work at the University of Auckland and University College London. Since 1990 he has written for many broadsheet papers and journals including Nature, New Scientist, The Lancet, BMJ, The Guardian, Journal of Biology and Zest. He has won or been shortlisted for national awards for his work including a shortlisting for his work on The Wonder Project [1]. He has acted as a rapporteur at private meetings held at St George's House, Windsor Castle and at the House of Lords. Media appearances include interviews on BBC radio and TV as well as many other international radio stations. He is a visiting lecturer on the University of the West of England's Science Communication masters course. In 2000 he established ThinkWrite, a training organisation dedicated to helping people reduce the time they spend writing clear and successful documents by informing their approach to structure. These workshops were initially delivered to the academic sector, but by 2018 participants came from a wide range of backgrounds including business. By 2019 ThinkWrite had delivered over 2,000 workshops, and met more than 30,000 participants. He is a member of the Physiological Society, the Association of British Science Writers, and a past chair of the Medical Journalists' Association. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Faraday Institute.