LAUREN J. YOUNG
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An Asian American woman with black rimmed glasses and headphone smiles next to a desk filled with tapes and CDsWorking with archival audio at public radio's Science Friday.

I'm Lauren, a science journalist, multimedia producer, and editor. Currently, I am an associate editor covering health and medicine for Scientific American. Before joining Scientific American, I was an associate editor for Popular Science and a producer and reporter at the public radio show, Science Friday. I got my bachelor's degree in biology and minored in English before earning a master's in science journalism. 

​I frequently discuss my work and experience on stage, on panels, on the radio, and in journalism classes and workshops. I have also mentored early- and mid-career science journalists through The Open Notebook and AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. In addition to my work in journalism, I'm a proud long-time library associate at Teachers College, Columbia University.

You can check out my stories at places like Popular Science, Science Friday, School Library Journal, Scholastic MATH, IEEE Spectrum, Atlas Obscura, and more. I live in New York, but grew up in the heart of California—the San Joaquin Valley.

FEATURED STORIES

a black female soccer player, briana scurry, holds a soccer ball in front of her face under dramatic lighting. she is a two-time olympic gold medalist and world cup champion. she suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2010 that ended her career
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: How Dangerous Are Soccer Concussions?
a golden sun highlights the hazy air over a dry field
SCIENCE FRIDAY: A Fever In The Dust
footage rises above an orange smoky city skyline. a logo reads scientific american science, quickly, with atomic particles swirling around it
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Five Things You Need to Know about Wildfire Smoke Right Now
a mosquito close up being held by forceps
POPULAR SCIENCE: Can a bold new plan to stop mosquitoes catch on?
pink illustration of a person's portrait but with their eyes and top of their head covered in a think cloud with various foods
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Ozempic Quiets Food Noise in the Brain—But How?
LAUREN J. YOUNG | SCIENCE JOURNALIST