John Rennie (editor)

John Rennie
File:John Rennie Scientific American hits the karaoke mike.jpg John Rennie sings karaoke in Mexico
Born	1959 Nr. Boston, MA, USA
Residence	New York City, New York, USA
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale
Occupation	biologist, journalist, writer, editor
Awards	Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science (2000)
Website	http://johnrennie.net

John Rennie (born 1959) was the seventh editor in chief of Scientific American magazine.

Biography

John Rennie was born in 1959. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Yale University in 1981, after which he worked as a science writer and researcher at Harvard Medical School. He currently teaches science writing as adjunct professor at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, and writes his The Gleaming Retort on the PLoS Blogs Network.

Scientific American

He joined the Board of Editors at Scientific American in 1989. Rennie has written and edited articles on biology, technology and medicine and helped Scientific American produce award-winning single-topic issues for a variety of publications. He was editor of the magazine for almost fifteen years, from late 1994 to June 2009.

Television

He appeared as a commentator in the History Channel programs "Clash of the Cavemen", and "That's Impossible". He was also the host of the Weather Channel series "Hacking the Planet" and "The Truth About Twisters".

Other ventures

Rennie has performed improv in New York City and his home town of Boston, and also holds a black-belt in karate.

Bibliography

Incomplete - to be updated

External links

• Faculty profile, NYU
• JohnRennie.net, Official website
• The Gleaming Retort, Official Blog on PLoS