Our Authors

Emma Easton is studying science communication, having completed her bachelors degree in microbiology and immunology in Australia. Emma enjoys decoding science for others and experimenting in the kitchen, mostly with success. She started a blog, wanting to share the science in the kitchen with others - you can check it out at http://collegekitchenscience.wordpress.com/

PhD Student, Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo

Rachel Mason Dentinger is a London-based historian of biology and freelance science writer. She earned her Ph.D. in the history of science and technology at the University of Minnesota, with a dissertation entitled "The Nature of Defense: Coevolutionary Studies, Ecological Interaction, and the Evolution of 'Natural Insecticides', 1959-1983".

Laurie Winkless (BSc MSc) is a researcher at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). Her work focuses on thermoelectric devices and their use as energy harvesters, but she has published on everything from nanotechnology in space to low-friction surfaces. She has a keen interest in science outreach and is a STEMNET ambassador.

My research focuses on using microbes for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals from sunlight and organic wastes. I am exploring photonic techniques to capture energy from sunlight more efficiently.

Jena Pincott writes about the quirky, hidden side of science — the shocking, subconscious, under-the-radar stuff. She is the author of the new book "Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: Exploring the Surprising Science of Pregnancy" and "Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?", on the science of sex, love, and attraction, which is being translated into 17 languages. Jena has a background in biology and is the mother of a baby girl.

Dr. Gamble is a former staff member of the physics division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he researched directed-energy devices such as terawatt laser systems. He was also a senior manager within the Gammas, Electrons, and Muons detector collaboration at the Superconducting Super Collider. Gamble is the author of “Zeroscape,” a high-tech thriller. He holds degrees in nuclear and mechanical engineering, and was a postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.