Megan Scudellari

Freelance Science Journalist

Megan Scudellari is a freelance science journalist based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in the life sciences. She has contributed to Nature, Newsweek, Bloomberg News, Scientific American, Discover, and Technology Review, among others. She is currently a regular contributor for IEEE Spectrum‘s Human OS blog, and previously wrote as a health columnist for the Boston Globe (2015-2017), a contributor to Retraction Watch (2016-2017), and as a correspondent then contributing editor at The Scientist magazine (2009-20014). She is the co-author of a college biology textbook, Biology Now, now in its second edition from publisher W. W. Norton. In 2013, she was awarded the prestigious Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award in recognition of outstanding reporting and writing in science. The award is bestowed upon one young science journalist annually. Her story, “Never Say Die” (featured on Showcase) was part of the winning package for that award. Follow her on Twitter @Scudellari.