Experience & Expertise: Robin Meadows is an award-winning freelance science writer and editor. She has written for dozens of publications including Audubon, California Agriculture, ChemMatters, Conservation, Ecosystem Marketplace, Environmental Health Perspectives, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Muse, Nature, Public Library of Science Biology, the San Francisco Chronicle and Smithsonian Zoogoer.

Robin has a broad background in the life sciences--ranging from molecular biology and development to neurobiology and behavior--and is an expert in conservation, ecology and the environment. Robin:

• writes research news for California Agriculture, the University of California journal of
  agriculture and natural resources
• contributes news to Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment journal
• writes research synopses for Public Library of Science Biology journal
• wrote the Journal Watch section of Conservation magazine
• wrote and distributed news tips based on Conservation Biology journal
• wrote Toxic News, the newsletter of the University of California Toxic Substances
  Research & Teaching Program.

Awards: Robin has won several awards from EdPress and the Society for Technical Communication, including STC's top international award.

Education: B.A., Biology, Reed College | M.S., Biology, University of California, San Diego
Graduate Certificate, Science Communication, University of California, Santa Cruz

Professional Organizations: American Society of Journalists and Authors
National Association of Science Writers | Northern California Science Writers Association
Society of Environmental Journalists

Personal: Robin and her husband enjoy hiking and gardening with native plants, and divide their time between California and Hawaii, and visiting their two daughters.