Mike Bullivant works part-time as a Course Manager in the Chemistry Department at the Open University and part-time as a TV/video/CD-ROM/radio presenter. Mike studied Chemistry as an undergraduate at the University of Wales (Cardiff), and went on to do research for a PhD in Organic Photochemistry at the Universities of Cardiff and Nottingham.

Mike B is interested in Science Broadcasting and the popularisation of science. His recent publications include Tuning into Chemistry, Education in Chemistry, Vol. 39:1, January 2002.

This is Mike's second Rough Science project.

Find out more by reading our interview with Mike, or take a look at his Rough Science diary entries:

Arrival
Mapping it out - paper and ink
Bugs and barometers - weather
Time and transmitters - clock
Feel the heat - ice
Sun and sea - underwater torch
Science of celebration - fireworks