Christie Wilcox is an award-winning science writer with more than a decade of experience in online and print storytelling. Wilcox's extensive scientific background and firsthand experience as a researcher has given her a different perspective on the latest discoveries than most popular science writers. Through her writing, Wilcox shares her insatiable enthusiasm for biology, leveraging her doctoral training to produce highly-researched and accurate science journalism seasoned with humor and wit; her bylines include The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Popular Science, Discover, Gizmodo, and National Geographic, among others. Her first book Venomous, a popular science book on venoms (August 2016), has garnered widespread acclaim, including coveted spots on the list of Best Science Books of 2016 from Amazon and Smithsonian Magazine.
Wilcox began her writing career blogging at Observations of a Nerd in 2008, creating Science Sushi in 2011 when she joined the Scientific American blogging network. In 2013, she moved Science Sushi to Discover Magazine, where it remained for 5 years before findings its own independent home. From 2017 to 2021, Wilcox worked as an editor and writer for SciShow, where she got to translate her love for science into engaging episode scripts for one of YouTube's best and biggest science video channels. She then spent two years as an editor and then senior editor for The Scientist, where she helped scientists make the world better. Now, she's the newsletter editor for Science and contributing to the AAAS mission to “advance science and serve society.”
In addition, Wilcox is a passionate activist for the use of social media for scientific outreach. She has written feature articles, essays, editorial pieces, and blog posts on the topic of science education and communication using new media platforms. Her passionate appeal to draw scientists online has garnered her multiple speaking engagements at national conferences, and she has led workshops for other scientists on how to engage through new media for major scientific organizations including the National Institutes of Health and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and created a resource wiki on online outreach. Most recently, she led an elite team of editors in pulling together over 25 of the greatest online science communicators to create Science Blogging: The Essential Guide, released March 2016.
Wilcox obtained her Ph.D. in 2014 in Cell and Molecular Biology with a specialization in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and has published numerous peer-reviewed publications in addition to her lay-level writing. Wilcox lives on the Olympic Penninsula of Washington, where she tries not to miss the sunny shores she grew accustomed to during her doctoral training.
Wilcox began her writing career blogging at Observations of a Nerd in 2008, creating Science Sushi in 2011 when she joined the Scientific American blogging network. In 2013, she moved Science Sushi to Discover Magazine, where it remained for 5 years before findings its own independent home. From 2017 to 2021, Wilcox worked as an editor and writer for SciShow, where she got to translate her love for science into engaging episode scripts for one of YouTube's best and biggest science video channels. She then spent two years as an editor and then senior editor for The Scientist, where she helped scientists make the world better. Now, she's the newsletter editor for Science and contributing to the AAAS mission to “advance science and serve society.”
In addition, Wilcox is a passionate activist for the use of social media for scientific outreach. She has written feature articles, essays, editorial pieces, and blog posts on the topic of science education and communication using new media platforms. Her passionate appeal to draw scientists online has garnered her multiple speaking engagements at national conferences, and she has led workshops for other scientists on how to engage through new media for major scientific organizations including the National Institutes of Health and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and created a resource wiki on online outreach. Most recently, she led an elite team of editors in pulling together over 25 of the greatest online science communicators to create Science Blogging: The Essential Guide, released March 2016.
Wilcox obtained her Ph.D. in 2014 in Cell and Molecular Biology with a specialization in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and has published numerous peer-reviewed publications in addition to her lay-level writing. Wilcox lives on the Olympic Penninsula of Washington, where she tries not to miss the sunny shores she grew accustomed to during her doctoral training.
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