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Bob joined the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from Risk Management Solutions, where he was Director of Public Policy.<\/p>\n
He also worked at the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science, for eight years, until October 2006. His responsibilities there included leading the media relations team.<\/p>\n
He has also worked as a freelance science writer and journalist.<\/p>\n
Bob has a first degree in geology and an unfinished PhD thesis on palaeopiezometry.<\/p>\n
He is a fellow of the Geological Society, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a fellow of the Energy Institute and a member of the American Geophysical Union. Bob is also a member of the board of the Association of British Science Writers and a member of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Public Relations Association.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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