New Books in Science Creators & Guests

Mark Klobas is a History Instructor at Maricopa Community College District.

Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature.

Carla Nappi is a historian and self-described historical pataphysician specializing in Chinese and Manchu texts from early modernity. She holds the Andrew W. Mellon Chair in History at the University of Pittsburgh, where her research explores translation, knowledge production, and the intersections of language and history. Nappi has published extensively on these topics, contributing to fields such as intellectual history, the history of science, and comparative literature. Her work often takes an experimental and interdisciplinary approach, blending historical scholarship with creative narrative techniques. In addition to her academic contributions, she engages in public scholarship through podcasts and other media.

Jason Rosenhouse is an author and professor of mathematics at James Madison University.

Vincent Ialenti is a Berggruen Fellow at the University of Southern California.

Hugh Raffles is an anthropologist, writer, and author of the book The Book of Unconformities.

Derk Jan Dijk is a researcher and Professor of Sleep and Physiology at the University of Surrey.

David N. Livingstone is the author of the book: “Dealing with Darwin: Place, Politics, and Rhetoric in Religious Engagements with Evolution” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2014).

Russell T. Warne is a researcher, writer, and author of the book In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence.

Erika Engelhaupt is a freelance science writer and editor.

Dr. David M. Peña-Guzmán is a philospher. His areas of interest are animal studies, theories of consciousness, the history and philosophy of science, and contemporary European philosophy. Currently, he is Associate Professor of Humanities at San Francisco State University. He is also cohost of the podcast "Overthink."Peña-Guzmán's papers have appeared in Foucault Studies, The Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, and Hypatia. He is a co-author of "Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers’ Brief," which was published in 2019. His first book, "When Animals Dream," was published in 2022.Peña-Guzmán received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University.

David Sepkoski is a science historian, professor at the University of Illinois, writer, and author of the book, Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene.

Dr. Chiara Marletto is a theoretical physicist whose research focuses on quantum information theory, condensed-matter physics, quantum biology, and thermodynamics. Currently, she is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.Marletto's first book, "The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist’s Journey Through the Land of Counterfactuals," was published in 2021.

Henry T. Greely is a lawyer, professor, writer, and author of the book CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans.

Elise K. Burton is a historian of science and society in the modern Middle East and author of Genetic Crossroads: The Middle East and the Science of Human Heredity book.

Dr. Violet Moller is a freelance historian and author whose work focuses on the history of ideas and how knowledge has been transmitted through the centuries. She also hosts the history podcast "Travels Through Time."Moller started her career as a journalist, covering theatre, art, books, going out, music and culture in general. Her work has appeared in The Face, Arena, The Scotsman, Metro Scotland, and The List. She then worked as an editor and translator in Denmark. Her fist book, "The Curious World of Dickens," was published in 2012. Her most recent book, "The Map of Knowledge," was published in 2019 and received the RSL Jerwood Prize for Non-fiction.Moller received her M.A. in Classics and Medieval History and her Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Edinburgh University.

Cordelia Fine is a Canadian-born British philosopher of science, psychologist, and writer.

Bijal P. Trivedi is an award-winning freelance journalist, writer, editor, and author of the book Breath from Salt.

Michael Yudell is a public health ethicist and historian.