Emily Conover
I’m a physics reporter at Science News, with a PhD in physics and an enduring curiosity about our world, our universe, and the way things work.
I’ve covered physics for Science News since 2016. I got my PhD from the University of Chicago in 2014, where I studied the idiosyncrasies of subatomic particles called neutrinos. I’m a past president of the D.C. Science Writers Association.
I previously wrote for the American Physical Society, Science Magazine and, through a AAAS Mass Media Fellowship, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Background
- 2021–present
- Senior physics writer Science News
- 2016–2021
- Physics writer Science News
- 2015–2016
- Science writerAPS News, American Physical Society
- 2015
- News intern Science Magazine
- 2014
- AAAS Mass Media FellowMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
- 2014
- PhD in physics, University of ChicagoResearch on neutrinos
Awards
- Telly Gold Award. The science behind nuclear weapons testing. 2026.
- Winner, Science Communication Award, Acoustical Society of America. How to restore the legendary acoustics of Notre Dame. 2021.
- Winner, D.C. Science Writers Association Newsbrief Award. How ravens caused a LIGO data glitch. 2018.
- Winner, D.C. Science Writers Association Newsbrief Award. How to prevent a sheep traffic jam. 2015.
- Winner, Neutrino Oscillation Analogy Writing Contest. Symmetry Magazine. 2013.
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