Authors - Alphabetically Speaking

Alom has worked as a counselor and science specialist at a camp for homeless and disadvantaged children in Bear Mountain, New York, a… MORE

Anna Gosline is the co-founder and co-editor of Inkling, together with partner in crime extraordinaire, Anne Casselman. Way back in 2001, the pair… MORE

Anna-Kaisa Walker is a Toronto-based freelance writer and amateur photographer. She has contributed to Toro, Chatelaine, Details and the Toronto Star. She was… MORE

After she graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in zoology Anne fled to the Texas Hill Country to tend a… MORE

Anne is from the highly underrated part of America known as The Mid-West, which she firmly believes has much to offer if people… MORE

Bryn Robinson is a PhD student at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John. In the recesses of the psychology department, she is… MORE

Cameron Walker is a freelance writer based in Santa Barbara, California. She also writes for Backpacker, National Geographic.com and The Ecosystem Marketplace.… MORE

Camille Mojica Rey is a freelance science writer living near San Jose, California with her scientist husband, Homero, and their three-year-old son, Gabriel.… MORE

Candace was born and bred in Mississippi, but has since ended up in such far-flung and exotic places as Alabama, San Francisco, and… MORE

Christopher Mims is a science writer, editor, and web geek located in one of the more picturesque parts of Brooklyn, NY. He has… MORE

David Ng is the Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Lab at the University of British Columbia. He is also editor of… MORE

Ele Willoughby would rather be on a boat. She’s the sort of person who owns her own hard helmet and steel-toed boots and… MORE

Eva is in the fifth year of her Biochemistry PhD at University of Toronto but her heart is in science communication and education.… MORE

Heather hails from Iowa and is a doctoral student in microbiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She studies bacterial diversity and would like… MORE

Many years ago, deep in the Panamanian rain forest, Hugh Powell vowed never, ever, to go to grad school. Since then, he has… MORE

Janice Arenofsky is a freelance writer who has been published in numerous national magazines, including VFW MAGAZINE, E-ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE, AMERICAN FORESTS, PARENTING and… MORE

Jennifer Taylor is a writer, editor, and book critic currently living in Georgia. Most of her life has been spent moving from place… MORE

A scientist, he is not. He is usually described as a “veteran” newsman which annoys him no end. Truth be told, Treen has… MORE

Kate hails from the green mountains of Vermont where her summer job as a teenager involved driving a tractor and making cheese. Her… MORE

Kathy Hawkins lives in a tiny town in Maine with her husband, two dogs, and two birds. She writes for various magazines, a… MORE

Katie Law is a science writer and Londoner. Her day job is currently in the world of broadcast media, combining her passions for… MORE

Katie is a Vancouverite who made frequent trips to Science World as a child. She completed her undergraduate studies in Montreal and now… MORE

Khalil A. is an 18-year-old student who is currently hanging out between secondary school and university. He lives on a small island in… MORE

“Thesis, antithesis, synthesis” is the theme of Kristin Abkemeier’s life in and out of science. Inspired by Sally Ride’s space shuttle flight, the… MORE

Kurt is a scientist. He loves his science like peanut butter loves a good jelly (which is a good thing considering the amount… MORE

Lesly Anne Lopez-Skinner is a scientist and writer living amidst the Appalachian Mountains with her husband Heath and two parrots, Georgie and Gigli.… MORE

Lisa is an editorial assistant for a peer review journal, but she also likes to try her hand at journalism every now and… MORE

Mason Inman enjoys being settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the moment. After a year as a banana slug, in UC Santa Cruz's science… MORE

Matt grew up in the sleepy but smelly port of Grimsby, in the north-east of England. His formative years were spent reading Arthur… MORE

Matthew Bettelheim is a wildlife biologist, science writer, and natural historian based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Although he regularly loses himself… MORE

Meera was born in Singapore quite a long time ago. She spent 19 extremely balmy years there before migrating to the wintry landscapes… MORE

Megan Mansell Williams is a freelance writer living in San Francisco. Since meeting the Inkling gals, she's re-thinking the meaning of life and… MORE

Megha is a biojunkie. She loves all things biological, from the smallest bits of DNA to the largest whales at sea. And the… MORE

Melinda is a freelance science writer based in Brooklyn, New York. After working in England for a biotech company for a few years,… MORE

Melissa left Ontario after finishing an undergraduate degree in philosophy and headed West to British Columbia. Not having yet returned to school, she… MORE

Mike Gretes is an apprentice crystallographer and molecular biologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Here he keeps on… MORE

Paula studies history at Mount St. Mary's college. She hearts: playing Tetris and Guitar Hero and watching "Firefly" while doing homework. Oh, and… MORE

Three years completing a degree in Biology convinced Richard that science, although fascinating, was best left to the people who could actually do… MORE

Saeeda has been a natural foods educator and certified yoga instructor for over ten years. She travels to teach Master Yoga Classes and… MORE

(photo: Pohsuan Zaide) Sandra Kiume is a Vancouver author exploring edges between future and fact, alienation and aphorism, science and sensuality. Her science… MORE

Sarah Fobes was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, forty-five minutes after the late show of Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. She spent the next… MORE

Science is an intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through… MORE

I am this close to being done with my PhD in environmental health risk assessment. My research is all about exposure and health… MORE

Susan Bustos is a graduate student in biochemistry at the University of Toronto where she researches the structure and misfunction of mutant red… MORE

Suzanne E. Franks is a chronically educated engineer, scientist, and feminist geek (B.S. engineering science, Pennsylvania State University; M.S. nuclear engineering, Massachusetts Institute… MORE

Went for biology and science communication in Paris and London; loved it. Blossomed in science exhibitions and events in London and Vienna; loved… MORE

Valory Thatcher is an anatomy and physiology instructor at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon. When she’s not teaching, podcasting or making… MORE

After many hours spent pouring over a hot microscope and feeding probiotic bacteria to mice, Vanessa decided to pack her bags and run… MORE