Meet the Spectrum Team
Staff
Kristin Ozelli
Deputy Editor
Kristin Ozelli oversees Spectrum’s day-to-day operations, manages the news team and oversees the production of articles and multimedia content.
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Ingrid Wickelgren
Features Editor
Ingrid Wickelgren edits Deep Dives, Spectrum’s long-form stories on important topics in autism research.
Rebecca Horne
Multimedia Director
Rebecca oversees and directs Spectrum‘s multimedia operations, publishes all content on the site and commissions illustrations, infographics and other multimedia content.
Nicholette Zeliadt
Articles Editor
Nicholette Zeliadt edits Spectrum’s news and opinion articles.
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Hope Vanderberg
Copy Chief
Hope Vanderberg edits articles on Spectrum for grammar and accuracy.
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Peter Hess
News Writer
Peter Hess is a news writer for Spectrum, where he covers autism research.
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Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
Data Reporter
Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky analyzes data and writes data-driven news stories for Spectrum.
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Laura Dattaro
News Writer
Laura Dattaro is a reporter for Spectrum, where she covers autism research.
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Chelsey B. Coombs
Engagement Editor
Chelsey B. Coombs oversees Spectrum’s social media presence and audience engagement.
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Angie Voyles Askham
News Writer
Angie Voyles Askham is a reporter for Spectrum, where she covers autism research.
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Ashfia Alam
Editorial Assistant
Ashfia Alam supports the Spectrum team, assisting with daily operations, webinars and events.
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Contributors
Contributing writers:
Jill Adams
Emily Anthes
Brendan Borrell
Lydia Denworth
Sarah DeWeerdt
David Dobbs
Bahar Gholipour
Alisa Opar
Emily Sohn
Advisory Board
Deborah Blum
Director, Knight Science Journalism Program
Deborah Blum, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist, is director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and publisher of its award-winning science magazine, Undark.
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Stephanie Chan
Research Scientist, DeepMind
Stephanie Chan performs research at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, as part of the Google AI Residency. She completed her Ph.D. in neuroscience at Princeton University.
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Stuart Firestein
Professor, Columbia University
Stuart Firestein is professor of neuroscience at Columbia University. His research focuses on the vertebrate olfactory system.
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David Gresham
Associate professor, New York University
David Gresham is associate professor of biology at New York University. His lab focuses on genome evolution and plasticity, post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression and control of cell growth. He completed his Ph.D.
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Laura Helmuth
Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American
Laura Helmuth is editor-in-chief at Scientific American and vice president of the National Association of Science Writers.
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Robin Marantz Henig
Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine
Robin Marantz Henig is a science journalist and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, and is president of the National Association of Science Writers.
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David Sassoon
Publisher, InsideClimate News
David Sassoon is the founder and publisher of InsideClimate News, the nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2013.
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