University of Colorado Boulder, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Fellowship Sponsor: American Chemical Society
Fellowship Site: PBS NewsHour
@AmandaGrennell
Last summer, I completed my PhD in Chemistry as a NSF fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder. In graduate school I used ultrafast lasers to study the heck out of a biomimetic nanoparticle-enzyme system that can turn sunlight into fuel. As a senior editor for the graduate student-run blog Science Buffs, I got hooked on sharing the excitement and passion researchers have for science with a broad audience. I also acted as artistic director for the first annual ComSciCon Rocky Mountain West, which I absolutely loved. I am now pursuing a career as a science writer while I continue as an editor at Science Buffs, write for Chembites, and co-lead 500 Women Scientists Missoula. This summer, I am delighted to join the PBS NewsHour team!
Fellowship publications at PBS NewsHour
6/13/2018 Antarctica is losing ice twice as fast as anyone thought
6/22/2018 To beat Vegas bookies at the World Cup, these statisticians turned to artificial intelligence
7/05/2018 Spiders fly on the currents of Earth's electric field
7/06/2018 What happened to Zika?
7/12/2018 What is a blazar? Its high-energy flares could unlock the foundations of the universe
7/16/2018 Why 96 million plastic ‘shade balls’ dumped into the LA Reservoir may not save water
7/24/2018 California wines contain Fukushima radiation, and it’s not a bad thing
7/24/2018 Is the Lorax actually a monkey (Instagram)
8/02/2018 A child lost a sixth of his brain, then made an amazing comeback
8/07/2018 CDC says 1 in 7 babies exposed to Zika have health problems
8/14/2018 Infections from a dog lick are a risk but very rare. Experts say get medical help fast.
8/22/2018 Why the EPA is looking at a link between formaldehyde and leukemia