About me

Gemma is a Scottish creative science nerd obsessed with tech, design, Irn Bru and pi. She is a Freelance Journalist & Podcaster, writing for The Guardian, Singularity Hub, The Drum, Adweek, Imperica & Ogilvydo, covering science, tech, culture and politics. Gemma is also Co-Founder of Science: Disrupt - an organisation connecting the innovators, iconoclasts & entrepreneurs intent on creating change in science. Science: Disrupt produces podcasts, events and editorial, and has brought together a large community (both on and off-line) of brilliant thinkers and do-ers. They focus on biotech, energy, space, health, advanced computing & changing the way we do academic research. Gemma is an International speaker having delivered keynotes at SXSW, TEDx, WPP Stream, Cannes Lions and Dubai Lynx and works with the World Economic Forum as on of their Global Shapers. Previously, Gemma was the Tech Innovation Strategist at Ogilvy Labs.

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Projects

• 6

  Siemens Future Makers Podcast - R/GAI hosted and produced this podcast for Siemens. I interviewed various employees around the world, and had them tell their stories of innovation, curiosity, and wonder.
• 9

  Arctic 360 - The GuardianI wrote the script for this immersive tour of the Arctic, starting only from the imagery.

Work history

ScriptwriterThe Guardian
Dec 2016London, United KingdomFreelance
- Scriptwriter for 360 videos on science topics
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Feature WriterExasol
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017London, United KingdomFreelance
- Features spanning data, AI, IOT, cybersecurity and blockchain

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Skills

• Writing
• Journalism
• Technologies
• Future Thinking
• Editorial
• Innovation
• Science
• Strategy
• Technology
• Tech Startups

Education

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BSc MathematicsUniversity of St Andrews
Sep 2009 - Jun 2013United Kingdom
Pure Mathematics Modules include finite maths, financial maths, graph theory, number theory and history of maths Dissertation - A Fractal View of the Stock Markets