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Clara Moskowitz

Clara Moskowitz is an American science journalist who works as a senior editor for Scientific American.

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Clara Moskowitz is an American science journalist who works as a senior editor for Scientific American.1

Career

Moskowitz majored in astronomy and physics at Wesleyan University, graduating in 2005.1 She went to the University of California, Santa Cruz for a master's degree in science communication, which she completed in 2007 after internships with the American Museum of Natural History and Discover magazine.2 After five years covering Space Shuttle missions for Space.com,34 she moved to her present position at Scientific American in 2014.1

Recognition

In December 2015, the American Physical Society named her Woman Physicist of the Month.156

Publications

  • "Marie Curie's Hidden Network: How she recruited a generation of women scientists", Scientific American, vol. 332, no. 2 (February 2025), pp. 78–79.
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References

  1. Rockwell, Cynthia (January 19, 2016), "Scientific American Editor Moskowitz '05 is Woman Physicist of the Month", The Wesleyan Connection, retrieved 2023-11-20
  2. "SciCom Alumni by Graduating Class", Science Communication Master's Program, University of California, Santa Cruz, retrieved 2023-11-20
  3. "Faculty and professional contacts", Columbia Spectra: Society for Diversity and Inclusion in Physics, Columbia University, retrieved 2023-11-20
  4. "Clara Moskowitz: Science Writer", Physics in Your Future (PDF), American Physical Society Committee on the Status of Women in Physics, 2015, p. 6, ISBN 978-0-9848110-6-9, retrieved 2023-11-20
  5. "CSWP recognizes 12 outstanding physicists in 2015" (PDF), CSWP & COM Gazette, vol. 35, no. 1, American Physical Society, p. 2, Spring 2016, retrieved 2023-11-20
  6. Woman Physicist of the Month – 2015, American Physical Society, archived from the original on 2016-03-22, retrieved 2023-11-20
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