Olivia judson biography

Evolutionary biologist and science writer

Olivia P. Judson (born 1970) is a British evolutionary biologist and science writer. She is a former journalist for The Economist, a former online columnist for The New York Times and has published in a number of other publications, including National Geographic, The Atlantic and the Financial Times.

Judson was a fellow of the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study in 2010–2011,^[2] and a Guggenheim fellow in 2020.^[3]

Education

Judson is the daughter of science historian Horace Freeland Judson, and was a pupil of W. D. Hamilton.^[1] She graduated from Stanford University and gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford.^[4]

Career

Judson has published at least 10 articles and three commentaries in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Nature, Science and The Lancet.^[5]

Beginning in 1995 Judson worked for two years as a scienc Olivia Judson - Wikipedia ZUF