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Quentin Cooper | |
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| Born | 1961 Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England |
| Spouse | Suba Subramaniam |
| Children | 1 |
| Career | |
| Show | Material World |
| Station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Previous show(s) | Connect, Kaleidoscope |
| Website | www |
Quentin Cooper (born 1961,Grimsby) is a science journalist and facilitator, who presented BBC Radio 4'sMaterial World from 2000 to 2013. He speaks at science festivals and lectures, and works regularly with science and educational organisations such as theRoyal Society and theBritish Council.
Cooper attendedWintringham school in Grimsby, studied for a BSc inpsychology andartificial intelligence at theUniversity of Edinburgh and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism Studies at University College Cardiff.
At BBCRadio Scotland, in Glasgow, Cooper worked as a producer in News and Current Affairs, and youth programmes such asBite the Wax, presented byArmando Iannucci, thenHit The North which first united Mark and Lard akaMark Radcliffe andMarc Riley forRadio 5 in Manchester.
Moving to London he produced arts programmes, and presentedKaleidoscope, and a range of arts, entertainment, technology and science programmes across Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 5Live and World Service. He was a film critic for5Live then for Radio 2's Parkinson's Sunday Supplement. Cooper presented the seriesScience Fix for BBC Four andNew Scientist Reports forDiscovery Channel.
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From 1999 to 2013 he presentedMaterial World on Radio 4. Described by the Radio Times as "the most accessible, funny and conversational science programme on radio" and byBill Bryson as "quite the best thing on radio", in the 2011 BBC Trust review of impartiality and accuracy of the BBC's coverage of science it was singled out for "particular praise".[1]
Cooper is an occasional presenter of theBBC World Service discussion programmeThe Forum, and interviewer on the Transplant Links Community podcast.[2]
An advisor to many national and international science organisations and festivals and host of numerous recurring and one-off events and conferences, in 2011 he was given an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science[3] byHeriot-Watt University, in 2012 he was the first radio presenter to be made an Honorary Fellow of theRoyal Society of Chemistry,[4] and in 2013 theUniversity of Edinburgh awarded him an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science in recognition of his "major contribution to the public understanding of science and engineering".
In October 1994, he co-wroteMaypoles, Martyrs, and Mayhem: 366 days of British customs, myths and eccentricities (ISBN 978-0747518075) with Paul Sullivan, analmanac of British customs, myths and beliefs across the year, described byThe Times as a "'A perfectly conceived compendium of culture'[5] It was serialised by theSunday Express
Cooper occasionally writes for national newspapers, and has been a columnist for publications including theFortean Times, theRadio Times and the now defunct international BBC site BBC Future
On 26 September 2009, he married Suba Subramaniam at St Dunstan's church inMonks Risborough, Buckinghamshire. She is a choreographer and artistic director of Sadhana Dance,[6] as well as an education director forCape Farewell, UK,[7] an organisation which brings together artists, scientists and schoolchildren to help explore and tackle problems relating to climate change.
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