Ian Sample

Ian Sample is an award-winning science correspondent at the Guardian. His writing appears regularly across the news, features, comment and weekend magazine sections of the newspaper and associated websites. He holds a PhD in biomedical science from Queen Mary, University of London and has won several journalism prizes, including two from the Association of British Science Writers, which named him investigative journalist of the year in 2005. He joined the Guardian in 2003 after four years as a reporter, feature writer and news editor at New Scientist magazine. He lives in London.