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Bob Holmes

Science Communication

Bob Holmes has been a professional science writer for more than 30 years. He is a contributor and editor for Knowable Magazine, the award winning science communication publication from Annual Reviews. He has also written for magazines including ScienceNew Scientist, Health, USNews World Report, and National Wildlife, as well as for the San Francisco Chronicle and other newspapers. He holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and his interests range widely through evolution, anthropology, behavior, astrobiology, sensory science, and life sciences. He is also author of Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense (W.W. Norton, 2017).

Bob has taught science writing at the University of California at Santa Cruz and here at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre.