About Rosie Mestel

Rosie Mestel has been a science journalist since 1991. After completing a PhD and a postdoc in genetics, she abandoned lab work to attend the UC Santa Cruz science communication program. She served as West Coast Correspondent for New Scientist for seven years, then joined the Los Angeles Times, where she wrote and edited for 14 years in a variety of roles. Rosie was Chief Magazine Editor for Nature in London from 2013 to 2016. Shortly after returning to Los Angeles, she was hired by Annual Reviews and worked with Eva Emerson in imagining what Knowable might be. Rosie is Knowable’s Executive Editor.