Grace Niewijk

Writer

Education

Yale University

Expertise

Biochemistry

Genetics and Genomics

Translational Research

Introduction

Articles have appeared on Medium, Canvas8, JAX.org, and in Proto magazine.
Degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University; certified as a Yale Journalism Scholar.
Has written for ThoughtCo since August 2020.

Experience

Grace has written science and health content for Medium, The Jackson Laboratory, Purdue University, and Proto magazine, among other publications. She is passionate about increasing general audiences’ access to and engagement with scientific research and innovations. She is currently working as a freelance science writer based in Chicago.

Other work:

Understanding our Inheritance: An interview with Carl Zimmer, JAX.org
Can Renewable Energy Really Replace Fossil Fuels?, Purdue University
Eleven Years of Misdiagnosis, Medium

Education

Grace has a bachelor of science in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and is certified as a Yale Journalism Scholar.

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