Science|Business' Moran named science laureate by Purdue

Nuala Moran, senior editor of Science|Business, is among ten international journalists named by Purdue University as Science Laureates.

The West Lafayette, Indiana-based university initiated its Science Laureates Program this year to honor the role of science journalism in a democratic society. Besides Moran - who, before becoming senior editor of Science|Business, was a managing editor of Nature, the leading science journal - other laureates include Clive Cookson, science editor of the Financial Times, and Jason Pontin, editor-in-chief of MIT's Technology Review.

Said Jeffrey Vitter, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of the College of Science, in a statement: "Advances in science have revolutionized the world in the past century, challenging us with tremendous opportunities as well as critical choices. The science writer - a person who translates the discovery in the laboratory into information we all can understand - plays a vital role in helping the public appreciate the opportunities and make informed decisions."

Ourdue said the program gives faculty and students the chance to meet with the laureates - and provides the journalists a chance to learn more about Purdue research.  

The science laureates are:

• Clive Cookson, science editor at the Financial Times of London.

• David Ewing Duncan, science journalist, contributor to Nature, and regular contributor to National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service.

• Joel Garreau, author of "Radical Evolution" and a journalist and editor at the Washington Post.

• Simon Grose, science and technology editor at "Canberra Times," Canberra, Australia.

• Moira Gunn, science journalist and creator of NPR's "TechNation" and "BiotechNation," and a Purdue science and engineering alumna.

• Joan Leach, editor of the Journal of Social Epistemology and convener of the Science Communications Program at the University of Queensland, Australia.

• Nuala Moran, science journalist and senior editor at ScienceBusiness, BioWorld, former managing editor of Nature, and former deputy editor of Computer Weekly.

• Apoorva Mandavilli, senior news editor at Nature Medicine.

• Jason Pontin, science journalist and editor-in-chief of Technology Review magazine.

• Jeff Young, senior editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education.