1. Andrea Sella was born on February 1961 and is a chemist and broadcaster based at University College London where he is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.
11 Facts About Andrea Sella
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Andrea Sella has been involved in numerous television documentaries, including the 2010 BBC documentary Chemistry: A Volatile History, which was nominated for the 2010 British Academy Television Awards in the category Specialist Factual.
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Andrea Sella has been a guest on Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time and appeared regularly on radio programmes like Start the Week, Weekend, Newshour, the Today Programme and the Infinite Monkey Cage.
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Andrea Sella has been consultant and contributor for the BBC World Service's series "Elemental Economics" presented by Justin Rowlatt.
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Andrea Sella studied chemistry at Trinity College, University of Toronto, as an undergraduate and started research for a PhD under Professor Robert H Morris on molecular hydrogen compounds.
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Andrea Sella was awarded an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship from 2007 to 2012.
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Andrea Sella is well known for science demonstrations for both school children and adults.
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Andrea Sella sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Cheltenham Science Festival.
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Andrea Sella was awarded the 2014 Michael Faraday Prize from The Royal Society for "his excellent work in science communication".
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Andrea Sella explains how chemical elements behave, react, and how they are used.
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Andrea Sella has presented several programmes on BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service.