Michael Gross (science writer)

Michael Gross (3 November 1963, Kirn, Germany) is a British science writer based at Oxford and has been awarded an honorary research fellowship at the School of Crystallography, Birkbeck, University of London.[1][2]

Michael Gross in 2011

Biography

Gross studied engineering and chemistry at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and he holds a doctorate in physical biochemistry from Regensburg University, both German institutions.[2] During seven years of post-doctoral research in protein biochemistry at the University of Oxford, he wrote science journalism as a hobby. In 2000, he switched to writing full-time. Occasionally he also acts as a translator, editor, and lecturer. As of 2013, Gross was married and had three children.[2]

Works

Gross has been working as a science journalist since 1993, and became a "science writer in residence" at Birkbeck College in 2001.[2] Gross is the author of around 30 research papers, over 700 journalistic pieces, and seven books, including Life on the Edge,[1] Travels to the Nanoworld, and Light and Life. He writes in English and German and parts of his work have been translated into French, Spanish and Italian. He is married with three children and lives in Oxford.

Books

following list from Gale Biography[2]

  • Life on the Edge: Amazing Creatures Thriving in Extreme Environments (1998, Plenum Trade; 2nd edition 2001, Perseus)
  • Travels to the Nanoworld: Miniature Machinery in Nature and Technology (2001 Perseus)
  • Light and Life (2002 Oxford University Press)
  • Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction, with Kevin W. Plaxco (2006 ISBN 0-8018-8367-9, 2nd edition 2011 ISBN 978-1-4214-0096-8, Johns Hopkins University Press)
  • The Birds, the Bees and the Platypuses: Crazy, Sexy and Cool Stories from Science (2008, Johns Hopkins University Press)

Articles
  • Gross, Michael (9 November 2000). "Estonia sells its gene pool". Science. The Guardian. pp. 2 (120). Retrieved 20 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Gross, Michael (29 March 2002). "Science Writer in Residence". Careers. Science (Autobiography). doi:10.1126/article.65146 (inactive 1 August 2023).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (link)
  • Gross, Michael (14 June 2002). "An Odyssey in Biotech". Careers. Science. doi:10.1126/article.62942 (inactive 1 August 2023).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (link)
  • Gross, Michael (25 April 2003). "Steering Biotech through Difficult Waters". Careers. Science. doi:10.1126/article.64020 (inactive 1 August 2023).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (link)
  • Gross, Michael (30 October 2003). "Looking for good science on TV? Try the Simpsons, suggests Michael Gross". Life (Opinion). p. 9. Retrieved 20 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Gross, Michael (2 February 2015). "Oceans of plastic waste". Current Biology (Feature). 25 (3): R93–R96. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.038. PMID 25774385.
  • Gross, Michael (3 April 2017). "A new continent for human evolution". Current Biology (Feature). 27 (7): PR243–R245. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.035.

References
  1. "Michael Gross". Baltimore, Maryland: Hopkins Press. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. "MIchael Gross". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

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