Dr Mike Bullivant is a British organic
photochemist known for his appearances on all six series of BBC's
Rough Science
''Rough Science'' is a British documentary reality television series made by the BBC in collaboration with the Open University. Six series were made between 2000 and 2005. It was broadcast in prime time on BBC Two and is considered something of ...
,
which was nominated for a BAFTA in 2000. Bullivant studied
Chemistry
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...
at the
University of Wales (Cardiff) and attained a PhD in organic photochemistry at the Universities of Cardiff and Nottingham.
Bullivant also presented the BBC/Open University series ''The Chemistry of Almost Everything'' which, in 1996, was the first Open University series to be shown in a prime-time slot, rather than the usual overnight slots traditionally reserved for OU broadcasts.
Bullivant was awarded an honorary Master of the University degree by the Open University in 2007 for his “significant contribution to the education and culture of Milton Keynes”
Bullivant contributed to Happy Birthday OU: 50 years of the Open University, a programme made by the BBC to commemorate the institution’s 50th birthday in 2019.
References
External links
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Mike Bullivant'sOpenLearn scientist profile
Living people
British chemists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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