Background
Amato, Ivan Abel was born on May 12, 1961 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Solomon and Sylvia Ruth (Arbitman) Amato.
Amato, Ivan Abel was born on May 12, 1961 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Solomon and Sylvia Ruth (Arbitman) Amato.
Bachelor in Chemistry with high honors, Rutgers University, 1983. Master of Arts in History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, 1986.
Staff writer news service, American Chemical Society, Washington, 1987-1988;
assistant editor Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1988;
editor chemistry and materials science, Science News, 1988-1991;
staff writer, Science, 1991-1993;
technical commercialization specialist, National Institute Studies and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1993. Freelance writer, since 1986. Science writer fellow Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1988.
Speaker lecture series on science, technical and society Indiana State University, 1992. Member of advisory board for children's science radio show National Science Foundation-American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1992. Speaker Foreign Affairs Institute, 1993, annual meeting Council forEngring. and Science Society Executives, 1993.
Member science writers panel Talk ofNation, National Public Radio.
Member District of Columbia Science Writers Association, Materials Research Society.
Married Mary Koepke, September 2, 1989. Children: Maxwell Key, Simon Abraham.