About

My name is Niko McCarty. I’m a bioengineer, writer, and researcher. My favorite thing to do is help others found things in biotechnology: Companies, magazines, nonprofits, and so on. If I can ever be helpful to you, please email or text.

Current: Fellow at Astera Institute.

Previous: Founding editor of Asimov Press. Head of Creative at Asimov. Head of Media at New Science. Data Journalist at Simons Foundation.

School: MS in Bioengineering from Caltech (PhD dropout), MRes in Synthetic Biology from Imperial College London, MA in Science Journalism from New York University, BS in Biochemistry from University of Iowa.

Email: nsmccarty3 [at] gmail.com

Awards: Vox Future Perfect 50 / Forbes 30 Under 30 / Fulbright Scholar / Goldwater Scholar