Education
Bachelor of Science in Biology with distinction, Cornell Univercity, 1977; Master of Science in Comm., Boston University, 1982.
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Elizabeth Pennisi
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Elizabeth Pennisi, American Writer. Avocation: boat racing.
F C. Science Writing fellow Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1987; recipient 2nd Place award Sigma Tau, 1994, Honorable mention Soil and Conservation Society, 1994, James H. Grady-James H. Stack award American Chemical Society, 1996, American Society Microbiology award, 1996.
Career
Freelance writer various magazines, since 1981;
writer, National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland., 1982;
copy and make-up editor, University Daily Kansan, Lawrence, 1983;
writer, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1982-1984;
science writer, United Press International, New York City, 1984-1985;
staff writer, reporter, Discover Magazine, New York City, 1985-1986;
editor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1986-1989;
senior editor, The Scientist, Washington, 1989-1991;
editor, Science News, Washington, 1991-1995;
writer, Science Magazine American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, since 1996. Expert assistant New York Sea Grant Ext., Ithaca, 1977-1978. Instructor Shoals MarineLab., Cornell Univercity, 1978.
Project manager American Digital Systems, Huntsville, Alabama, 1979-1981. Teaching assistant Boston University, 1981.
