Nadia Drake
Nadia Drake is a science journalist and contributing writer at National Geographic. She earned an A.B. in biology, psychology, and dance at Cornell University,[1] worked in a clinical genetics lab at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,[2] then returned to Cornell for her Ph.D. in genetics and development.[1] She is a 2011 graduate of the Science Communications program at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the daughter of SETI pioneer Frank Drake.[1]
Nadia Drake | |
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| Nationality | Lebanese-American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz, Cornell University |
| Occupation | Science Journalist |
In 2017, Drake won the David N. Schramm Award for High Energy Astrophysics Science Journalism from the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society for "Found! Gravitational Waves, or a Wrinkle in Spacetime," which was published on National Geographic’s website on February 11, 2016.[3] In 2016, she received the Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award for her article “Scientists in Flying Telescope Race to Intercept Pluto's Shadow,” which appeared July 3, 2015, on National Geographic's website.[4]
References
- Nadia Drake '11 joins National Geographic "Phenomena" blog, University of California, Santa Cruz Science Communication Program, April 8, 2014, retrieved 2017-11-20
- Zimmer, Carl (March 10, 2014). "Please Welcome Nadia Drake | the Newest Member of Phenomena | Carl Zimmer". Archived from the original on May 23, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- "The David N. Schramm Award for High Energy Astrophysics Science Journalism | High Energy Astrophysics Division". head.aas.org. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- Reddy, Vishnu. "AAS Division For Planetary Sciences Announces 2016 Prize Winners". Division for Planetary Sciences. American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 22 May 2021.