Michael Freemantle Author

Michael Freemantle is a science writer. From 2007 to 2009 he was Science Writer in Residence, Queen's University Belfast. Prior to that, he was Information Officer for IUPAC (International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry) from 1985-94 and his duties included editing the IUPAC news magazine Chemistry International. From 1994 to 2007, he was European Science Editor/Senior Correspondent for Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) - the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society. Since 1994, he has written over 700 news reports and articles on chemistry, science, research, education, and science policy for C&EN. They include over 50 articles and news reports on ionic liquids. He is also the author or editor of some ten books on chemistry, including the A level chemistry textbook Chemistry in Action (Macmillan) and the GCE/CSE/16+ book Essential Science: Chemistry (Oxford University Press).