Michael Gross (3 November 1963,

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, Germany) is a British science writer based at

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and has been awarded an honorary research fellowship at the School of Crystallography,

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Biography

Gross studied engineering and chemistry at the

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, and he holds a doctorate in physical biochemistry from

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, both German institutions. During seven years of post-doctoral research in protein biochemistry at the

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, he wrote science journalism as a hobby. In 2000, he switched to writing full-time. Occasionally he also acts as a translator, editor, and lecturer. As of 2013, Gross was married and had three children.

Works

Gross has been working as a science journalist since 1993, and became a "science writer in residence" at

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in 2001. Gross is the author of around 30 research papers, over 700 journalistic pieces, and seven books, including ''Life on the Edge,'' ''Travels to the Nanoworld,'' and ''Light and Life.'' He writes in English and German and parts of his work have been translated into French, Spanish and Italian. He is married with three children and lives in Oxford.

Books

''following list from Gale Biography'' * ''Life on the Edge: Amazing Creatures Thriving in Extreme Environments'' (1998, Plenum Trade; 2nd edition 2001, Perseus) * ''Travels to the Nanoworld: Miniature Machinery in Nature and Technology'' (2001 Perseus) * ''Light and Life'' (2002 Oxford University Press) * ''Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction'', with Kevin W. Plaxco (2006 ISBN 0-8018-8367-9, 2nd edition 2011 ISBN 978-1-4214-0096-8, Johns Hopkins University Press) * ''The Birds, the Bees and the Platypuses: Crazy, Sexy and Cool Stories from Science'' (2008, Johns Hopkins University Press)

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