Amy Maxmen has edited scientists and journalists writing for various outlets. She has experience with all stages of the process, starting with idea development through polishing the final draft. She specializes in the life sciences, broadly speaking. Between 2012 and 2014, she was a senior editor at Nautilus magazine, where she commissioned everything from comics to longform journalism.
Here is a selection of pieces that she’s proud to have edited:
Losing his sight, a scientist sees an end to disease
– By journalist Brendan Borrell
If the world began again, would life as we know it exist?
– By journalist Zach Zorich
Meet the neighbors you’ll never see
– By microbial ecologist Jessica Green
How crowdsourcing turned on me
– By computer scientist Iyad Rahwan