Rowan Hooper has a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Sheffield and worked as a biologist in Japan before becoming Science Editor of the Japan Times in Tokyo. He has a long-running column in the Japan Times called Natural Selections, and has published two books in Japanese. He writes a monthly radio show about science for Japan’s national broadcaster, NHK, called Dr Hooper’s Science Made Easy.
Rowan left Japan after eight years and joined New Scientist in 2005 as a reporter. He is now Managing Editor, and tweets as @rowhoop.
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