Eugenie Samuel Reich

Science and Technology Writer

Cambridge, MA

phone: 617-821-1538
email: eugenie dot reich at gmail dot com



I am a science reporter in Cambridge, MA. I write about physics, technology, most fields of science, and scientific fraud. I am the author of Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World, a 2009 book about the fraud by Jan Hendrik Schön at Bell Laboratories. On this site you can find links to a selection of articles, information about my book, and a short resume.

 

Selection of Articles

The Mysterious Growth of Galaxies New Scientist July 2009

Five Books on Scientific Fraud The Wall Street Journal June 2009

Hunting the Mysterious Monopole New Scientist May 2009

Stimulus Funds for Science raise Concerns about Misconduct Scientific American May 2009

Atomic Nucleus Takes Two Shapes Nature March 2009

 

Former MIT Biologist Penalized for Falsifying Data  Nature February 2009

Data irregularities in the work of MIT Professor New Scientist October 2005

 

Bubble-fusion Researcher Debarred from Federal Funding  Nature November 2009

Silencing the Hype -- Doubts over the Bubble-Fusion Claims of Rusi Taleyarkhan Nature March 2006

 

Loopholes in DOE Oversight (refers to a FOIA ruling) Nature December 2007

Oak Ridge Researchers Admit Errors The Boston Globe November 2006

 

Doubts over Stem Cell Images Prompt Fresh Inquiry New Scientist August 2009

Stem Cell Researcher Guilty of Falsifying Data New Scientist October 2008

Fresh Questions on Stem Cell Findings New Scientist March 2007

 

Further articles at New Scientist

 

Book Information

 


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Interview with American Scientist

 

Interview on NPR/WUWM (scroll down)

 

Physics World Abridged Extract

Selection of Reviews (may need to scroll)

Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal,  The Times, Seed, Discover,  Book Depository, Kirkus, Publishers’ Weekly, Nature (Letter to Nature),

Nature Nanotechnology, New Scientist, Physics Today, American Scientist

 

 

 

Resume

 

August 2009

I have started a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT. During the fellowship, I plan to study energy issues, astronomy and scientific ethics.

 

May 2009

My book, Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World, was published by Palgrave Macmillan.

 

February 2009

I finalized my book manuscript and also continued to cover science and scientific fraud for a variety of publications.

 

July 2005

I left New Scientist to work on my book on scientific fraud. I continued to publish articles in New Scientist, Nature and The Boston Globe.


2002-2005

Features Editor, New Scientist, Boston.

 

2001-2002

Correspondent, New Scientist, Boston.


2000

Reporting intern, New Scientist, London.


1999-2000

Researcher, BBC. I worked on the science documentary Vanished, also broadcast as a PBS Nova


1995-1999

B.A. in Physics and Philosophy, Oxford University

 

 

About my byline

My byline was Eugenie Samuel until 2003 when I married and is now Eugenie Samuel Reich

 

Link to National Association of Science Writers

 

Updated November 23rd, 2009