Description: Thomas Sumner is a science writer, communicator and journalist in New York City. His interests straddle the intersection of science and technology.
Thomas Sumner is a science communicator, journalist and editor in New York City with more than 10 years of experience. He is the senior staff writer for the Simons Foundation , one of the largest funders of basic scientific research in the United States. His work has appeared in such publications as Science , the San Jose Mercury News , LiveScience, Business Insider and Fox News.
Thomas previously covered the earth sciences beat for Science News Magazine . Before that, he interned at Science , the American Geophysical Union , Stanford University , Inside Science and the Salinas Californian . Thomas studied as a graduate student in the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Science Communication Program . Before going into journalism, Thomas assisted space weather research and studied physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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