Amy Maxmen is a freelance science journalist who writes about the latest findings in medicine, health, neuroscience, and evolution among other biological topics. She also writes about how scientists interact with the world. Her feature articles, news stories, blogs, and podcasts appear in a variety of outlets, including Nature, The Scientist, Science News, Psychology Today, Cell, and the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Prior to writing, she earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University by spending a great deal of time in the ocean and beside a microscope in Honolulu.