New Books in Biology and Evolution Creators & Guests

Albert Folch is a Professor of Bioengineering at University of Washington.

Dr. Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine. Her work focuses on the history of medicine, public health, and the environment, with particular focuses on the history of vaccination, infectious diseases, and pesticides. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of California Berkeley.Previously, Conis was a professor of History at Emory University. She has also been a health columnist for the Los Angeles Times.Conis received her B.A. from Columbia University, her M.S. from the University of California Berkeley, and her Ph.D. from the University of California San Francisco.

Dr. David M. Peña-Guzmán is a philospher. His areas of interest are animal studies, theories of consciousness, the history and philosophy of science, and contemporary European philosophy. Currently, he is Associate Professor of Humanities at San Francisco State University. He is also cohost of the podcast "Overthink."Peña-Guzmán's papers have appeared in Foucault Studies, The Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, and Hypatia. He is a co-author of "Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief," which was published in 2019. His first book, "When Animals Dream," was published in 2022.Peña-Guzmán received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University.

John Cardina is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at Ohio State University.

Kate Clancy is an American biological anthropologist who specialises in reproductive health. She is Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, in the Department of Anthropology. Her additional research and policy advocacy work focuses on sexual harassment in science and academia.

Dr. Nicolas Rasmussen is a historian of modern life sciences, with major interests in the history of amphetamines, the history of drug abuse, and the history of clinical trials. Currently, he is a professor in the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales.Rasmussen has published many academic articles. His first book, the textbook "Picture Control: The Electron Microscope and the Transformation of Biology in America, 1940-1960," was published in 1997. He has published four non-fiction books about the history of the natural sciences.

Marga Vicedo is a philosopher and historian of science.

Daniel Graham is an author, and Associate Professor of Psychological Science at Hobart and William Smith College.