# What does a chief science officer do at a creative agency?

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Podcast: [The Drum Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drum-podcast-1264371)
Published: 2026-04-02T08:45:34+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thedrum.com/podcast/series/the-drum-podcast
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## Resource

Tom Knapman is a PhD-qualified biochemist. Last year, he was working for Sciex, whose campaign on proteomics (don't worry, we'll explain that in the episode) was a perhaps unlikely winner of a Grand Prix gong at The Drum Awards last year. This year he's jumped ship into a perhaps almost-unique role: chief science officer at a creative agency. He tells The Drum why he thinks boom times are coming for science comms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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