Manoj Chitnavis

Manoj Chitnavis FRSC is a British teacher and chemist.

Education

Chitnavis arrived in the UK from Uganda in 1972, and settled in Devon.^[1] He studied chemistry and biology at the University of Plymouth from 1985^[2] and was later appointed as a research assistant in environmental sciences there.

Career

He subsequently started at Exeter School as a teacher in chemistry, biology and physics, where he maintained links with research,^[3] later also becoming a careers advisor. In 2009 he was appointed as chair of the UK Association for Science Education,^[2][4][5] a body for connecting industry, business and research with science education. In October 2011, he was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.^[6]