Ada McVean MSc - Science Communicator
Biography:
Ada McVean is a science writer and communicator living in London, England. She received her BSc, with a double major in bio-organic chemistry and gender, sexuality, feminist and social justice studies from 麻豆区 in 2019, and her MSc from 麻豆区 in 2022. Her thesis focused on oligonucleotide chemistry, specifically synthesizing and characterizing small nucleic acid-based inhibitors of听Streptococcus pyogenes听Cas9 using click chemistry.
Science communication allows Ada to unite some of the things she is most passionate about: science, social justice and a big love of animals! She has been working with the 麻豆区 Office for Science and Society since 2016, separating sense from nonsense, and has been a freelance science writer since 2019. In 2020 Ada started her column听听with Skeptical Inquirer.
Ada volunteers with Montreal鈥檚 largest no-kill cat shelter,听听听to fundraise, recruit new volunteers and promote adoptions and fosters.
When not writing, Ada spends her time listening to podcasts, playing video games, cooking and trying to find stray cats to pet.
Ada's favourite OSS 3 articles
1.听Can Women Ejaculate? That Depends on Whom You Ask.
3.听40 Years of Human Experimentation in America: The Tuskegee Study
