Lisa Grossman

Lisa Grossman is an award-winning science writer, editor and essayist. She has been the astronomy reporter at Science News since 2017. She was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT in the 2023-2024 academic year. Previously she was a physics news writer and editor at New Scientist and WIRED. She has a degree in astronomy from Cornell University and a graduate certificate in science writing from UC Santa Cruz. Lisa was a finalist for the AGU David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism, and received the Institute of Physics/Science and Technology Facilities Council physics writing award and the AAS Solar Physics Division Popular Writing Award. A native east coaster, she now lives in Minneapolis with her family.