Before starting his second career as technology writer, Dr. John Emsley used to teach students at the King´s College in London, UK. Since then he was writing more than 500 contributions for journals, magazines, radio and TV. For his great achievements as journalist he received several awards, such as the Rhône-Poulenc-Prize in 1995 for "The Consumer´s Good Chemical Guide", the original english version of "Parfüm, Portwein, PVC", and the GDCh Literaturpreis in 2003.