[bio] Kirsten has held editorial staff positions at Natural History (the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History), Current Science (Weekly Reader's science newsmagazine for teenagers), and NH Sea Grant (a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). She is now a full-time freelance writer, specializing in stories about science, health, and the environment. She lives and writes near Portland, Maine. |
Kirsten Weir grew up collecting water
beetles, playing with snakes, and slogging
through swamps in southern Michigan. She
made her science education official
studying biology at Kalamazoo College in
Kalamazoo, Michigan. After a regrettably
thorough investigation into the mating
habits of the yellow mealworm beetle, she
realized the laboratory was not the place
for her. Switching gears (but not
abandoning her love of science and
discovery), she went on to earn a Master's
degree in journalism from New York
University's Science, Health, and
Environmental Reporting Program.
beetles, playing with snakes, and slogging
through swamps in southern Michigan. She
made her science education official
studying biology at Kalamazoo College in
Kalamazoo, Michigan. After a regrettably
thorough investigation into the mating
habits of the yellow mealworm beetle, she
realized the laboratory was not the place
for her. Switching gears (but not
abandoning her love of science and
discovery), she went on to earn a Master's
degree in journalism from New York
University's Science, Health, and
Environmental Reporting Program.
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