Note from the editor
Mapping the brain, sequencing the genome, decoding the microbiome, extending life, curing diseases, editing mutations. We live in a time of awe and possibility — and also enormous responsibility. Are you prepared?
Editors
Founder
Jane MetcalfeFounder of proto.life. Chair of the Human Immunome Project. Cofounder of Wired, ex-TCHO chocolate. Lover of mountains, horses, roses, and kimchee.
Laura Cochrane
Content strategy at proto.life | “To oppose something is to maintain it.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
Kevin Leary
#WordPress developer in Boston, user experience designer at @OpenViewVenture, writer at @SmashingMag. I love curating good #WebDesign resources.
Writers
Amanda Schaffer
writes for the New Yorker and Neo.life, and is a former medical columnist for Slate. @abschaffer
Karen Weintraub
Health/Science journalist passionate about human health, cool research and great storytelling.
Anna Nowogrodzki
Science and tech journalist. Writing in Nature, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Neo.Life, & others.
Maria Finn
I’m an author and tell stories across multiple mediums including prose, food, gardens, technology & narrative mapping. www.mariafinn.com Instagram maria_finn1.
David Eagleman
Neuroscientist at Stanford, internationally bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction, creator and presenter of PBS’ The Brain.
David Ewing Duncan
Journalist, author, latest book: Talking to Robots (Dutton); Wired, Vanity Fair, Tech Review, Atlantic, NPR, NEO.LIFE; CEO Arc Fusion www.davidewingduncan.com
Dorothy Santos
Bay Area-based writer, artist, and educator | Ph.D. candidate in Film & Digital Media | Executive Director of Processing Foundation | Board Member with POWRPLNT
Andrew Rosenblum
I’m a freelance tech writer based in Oakland, CA. You can find my work at Neo.Life, the MIT Technology Review, Popular Science, and many other places.
Diana Crow
Fledgling science journalist here, hoping to foster discussion about the ways science acts as a catalyst for social change #biology
Grace Rubenstein
Journalist, editor, podcast coach. Cofounder seedpodmedia.com. Social/bio science geek. Reports on health science & immigration. Spanish speaker & dancing fool.
Elizabeth Preston
Elizabeth Preston is a freelance science journalist and humor writer in the Boston area.
Esther Dyson
Internet court jEsther -- I occupy Esther Dyson. Executive founder @WaytoWellville http://t.co/a1Gmo3FTQv @edyson
Jessica Leber
Freelance science and technology journalist and editor, formerly on staff at Fast Company, Vocativ, MIT Technology Review, and ClimateWire.
Jessica Carew Kraft
Author of Why We Need to Be Wild: One Woman's Quest for Ancient Answers to 21st Century Problems. Writer, Rewilder, Mother to two girls in the Sierra foothills.
Corby Kummer
Editor-in-chief, Ideas: The Magazine of the Aspen Institute, senior editor, The Atlantic, five-time James Beard Journalism Award winner, restaurant critic
Editor
Kat McGowanJournalist. Reporting on health, medicine, science, other excellent things. T: @mcgowankat
Rob Waters
I’m a journalist based in Oakland. I write about health, science, social justice, urban affairs and travel. Father of 1. From Detroit.
Richard Sprague
Curious amateur. Personal Scientist. Years of near-daily microbiome experiments. Tech industry executive.
Bob Parks ✂
Connoisseur of the slap dash . . . maker . . . teacher . . . freelance writer and reporter.
Julia Faith Sklar
Independent journalist, covering mostly women's health. Find me at @jfsklar on Twitter.
Moheb Costandi
Neuroscientist/writer. Author of 'Neuroplasticity' (MIT Press, 2016) and '50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know' (Quercus, 2013)
Britt Wray
PhD, Author of Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics and Risks of De-Extinction, co-host BBC Tomorrow’s World podcast.
Nicole Prause
Nicole Prause, PhD, is a sexual psychophysiologist studying how brain-genital connections affect our health. Statistician at UCLA. Licensed psychologist (CA).
Sandrine Ceurstemont
I’m a science and technology writer currently experiencing desert life in Morocco.
Daisy Robinton, PhD
Molecular & developmental biologist, science storyteller, fitness and lifestyle model, life enthusiast.
alissa.greenberg
Alissa Greenberg is a freelance journalist based in Berkeley who writes about strange science, community, travel, culture, and hidden histories
Emma Yasinski
Science journalist, swim teacher, amateur chef, mediocre triathlete, tragic dancer. Jack of all trades except giving directions. emmayasinski.com
Sean Michael Ragan
I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. My most recent book is called "The Total Inventor's Manual."
Emily Mullin
Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.
Po Bronson
Managing Director @IndieBio. 9 National Awards for reporting. 7 bestselling books in 28 languages. Cited in 185 academic journals. Newest: “Decoding the World.”
Gemma Milne
Science & Technology Journalist • Writing a book on hype (out April 2020) • Co-host @sciencedisrupt • http://gemmamilne.co.uk
Maia Szalavitz
Neuroscience Journalist, TIME.com; http://ti.me/rWCQsZ co-author, Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential & Endangered, w/ Dr. Bruce Perry ] [vus here my own]
Maryn McKenna
WIRED columnist, Schuster Institute senior fellow, TED speaker. Books: BIG CHICKEN, SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL. Diseases, food, farms, drugs.
Esther Landhuis
Bay Area science journalist • Mom of a tween and a teen • Former lab rat (immunology PhD) • www.estherlandhuis.com • @elandhuis
Raymond McCauley
Scientist, Engineer; Founding faculty & Chair Digital Biology, Singularity U; co-founder BioCurious; raising superheroes
Eliot Peper
Eliot Peper is the bestselling author of eleven novels, including most recently, Foundry. He also consults on special projects. www.eliotpeper.com