Nina Notman
Nina has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Bristol, UK. She started her science journalism career at Chemistry World in 2005. In 2009, she became the magazine’s features editor and in 2012 she left to go freelance. Her work still appears frequently on the magazine's features pages. She also regularly writes for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Education in Chemistry magazine and a number of other science publications.
FeatureThe undergraduate lab practical transformation
Nina Notman speaks to the educators leading the charge to revamp how university students learn in the laboratory
FeatureIs DNA the future of digital data storage?
DNA is being explored as a long-term solution to preserving digital information for future generations. Nina Notman reports
FeatureOne of these vials is contaminated with nanoplastics. Chemistry can tell us which one
Nina Notman talks to the scientists finding where nanoplastics come from and where they end up
FeatureThe oceans’ climate challenge
Nina Notman speaks to the researchers unpicking the many ways the climate crisis is impacting our oceans – and vice versa
FeatureTesting times for tuberculosis
Nina Notman takes a look at the recent and upcoming diagnostic and screening innovations aiming to drive down the incidence of tuberculosis globally
FeatureMedical uses for silk
Nina Notman speaks to the researchers exploring medical applications for silkworm silk
FeatureHow to prepare for a lab catastrophe
Nina Notman looks at steps scientists can take to better protect the content of their labs from floods, fires and other disasters
FeatureThe race to build a base on the moon
Nina Notman talks to scientists helping to return humans to the moon – for good this time
FeatureEditing the structure of molecules
Nina Notman meets the chemists expanding the toolbox of reactions capable of adding, deleting and switching single atoms in rings at the heart of organic molecules
FeatureThe smell of history
Nina Notman sniffs out chemistry’s role in uncovering, documenting and recreating the scents of the past
FeatureThe diamond synthesisers
Nina Notman takes a whistle-stop tour of the synthetic diamond industry and learns about some of the applications its lab-grown diamonds are being used for
FeatureCan we clean Covid from the air around us?
Nina Notman talks to the experts about what is needed to remove pollutants and even infectious diseases from the air inside our homes, schools and offices
Feature3D printing adds another dimension
Nina Notman learns how 4D printing is opening the door to unique smart materials whose applications may only be limited by our imaginations
CareersMaking research environments more inclusive to deaf and hard of hearing students
Todd Pagano helps open up the world of chemistry for students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
FeatureA decade of CAR-T cell therapy
Nina Notman looks at the revolutionary treatment already taking on cancer, now aiming for wider use
FeatureDrilling deep to discover the secrets of the mantle
Nina Notman hears from the scientists trying to pierce the Earth’s crust below the seafloor to learn more about our home planet
FeatureThe science of breast milk and baby formula
Nina Notman reveals how breast milk research is inspiring a new generation of infant formulas and opening the door to therapeutic advances
FeatureFour years of chemistry preprints
Nina Notman takes stock of how preprint severs have settled into the chemistry community
CareersRallying to the chemical safety cause
How Matt Endean works to keep children safe in school chemistry laboratories
OpinionKathleen Culhane Lathbury – an industrial pioneer
Nina Notman tells the story of the interwar industrial chemist whose analytical skill and persistence saw her outmanoeuvre sexism and prove her research aptitude