Amy Maxmen

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Amy Maxmen
Amy Maxmen for One World Media.jpg
Maxmen speaks about the One World Media nomination of her work, "The next chapter for African genomics", in 2021
Born1978 (age 43–44)
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University
ThesisPycnogonid development and the evolution of the arthropod body plan (2006)
WebsiteAmy Maxmen

Amy Maxmen (born 1978) is an American science writer and journalist who is a senior reporter at Nature. She covers evolution, medicine, science policy and scientists. She was awarded the Victor Kohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting for her coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early life and education[]

Maxmen was an undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in biology and English. She moved to the East Coast of the United States for graduate studies, and joined the Department of Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Her doctoral research considered the evolution of sea spiders.[1][2]

Research and career[]

Maxmen is a popular science writer and journalist. She worked at Science News and writes about issues related to evolutionary biology, science policy and medicine. In 2015, Maxmen wrote about the origins of humanity.[3] The article, which featured in Nautilus Quarterly, was part of "The Best American Science and Nature Writing" in 2015.[4] During the Ebola virus epidemic, Maxmen reported from Sierra Leone.[5] In particular, she wrote about interactions between local communities and public health officials.[5]

Maxmen was part of the 2021 cohort of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Knight Media Fellow.[6] Maxmen has been regularly featured on the Nature podcast, the CoronaPod..[7]

Awards and honors[]

  • 2016 Science in Society Journalism Award, category Science Reporting for Maxmen 2015[8]
  • 2018 Finalist in the longform narrative category, Science in Society Journalism Award[9]
  • 2018 Bricker Award for Science Writing in Medicine[10]
  • 2019 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, Magazines[11]
  • 2019 Association of Health Care Journalists First Place for Trade Publications/Newsletters[12]
  • 2020 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Communications Award[13]
  • 2021 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting, shared with Helen Branswell[14]

Selected publications[]

Scientific research[]

  • Clytia B. Montllor; Amy Maxmen; Alexander H. Purcell (April 2002). "Facultative bacterial endosymbionts benefit pea aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum under heat stress". Ecological Entomology. 27 (2): 189–195. doi:10.1046/J.1365-2311.2002.00393.X. ISSN 0307-6946. Wikidata Q57532377.
  • Amy Maxmen; William E. Browne; Mark Q Martindale; Gonzalo Giribet (1 October 2005). "Neuroanatomy of sea spiders implies an appendicular origin of the protocerebral segment". Nature. 437 (7062): 1144–1148. doi:10.1038/NATURE03984. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 16237442. Wikidata Q34461278.

Science writing[]

References[]

  1. ^ Maxmen, Amy (2006). Pycnogonid development and the evolution of the arthropod body plan (Thesis). OCLC 230879147.
  2. ^ Cromie, William J. (2005-10-27). "A tale of a venomous dispute". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. ^ Maxmen, Amy (2014-09-25). "Digging Through the World's Oldest Graveyard". Nautilus. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  4. ^ Skloot, Rebecca (2015). The best American science and nature writing, 2015. ISBN 978-0-544-28675-7. OCLC 907292623.[page needed]
  5. ^ a b "AAAS Kavli Winners Reflect on Covid-19 and Public Health Reporting | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  6. ^ "Amy Maxmen". Knight Science Journalism @MIT. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  7. ^ "Podcasts | Nature". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  8. ^ "2016 Science in Society Journalism Award winners". nasw.org. 2016-09-13. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  9. ^ "Announcing the 2020 Science in Society Journalism Awards winners". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  10. ^ "Awardees". Bricker Award. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  11. ^ "2020 Magazine - Gold". AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  12. ^ "AHCJ: 2019". healthjournalism.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  13. ^ "ASTMH - Communications Award". www.astmh.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  14. ^ "Helen Branswell and Amy Maxmen share 2021 Victor Cohn Prize". CASW. 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-09-30.

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