Michael Lemonick

Michael Lemonick (/ˈlɛmənɪk/ LEM-ə-nik,[1] born 13 October 1953) is an opinion editor at Scientific American, a former senior staff writer at Climate Central[2] and a former senior science writer at Time.[3] He has also written for Discover,[4] Yale Environment 360, Scientific American, and others, and has written a number of popular-level books on science and astrophysics, including The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos,[5][6] Echo of the Big Bang,[7] Other Worlds: The Search For Life in the Universe,[8] and Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin.[9]

Son of Princeton University physics professor and administrator Aaron Lemonick[10] and native of Princeton, New Jersey, Lemonick graduated from Princeton High School,[11] and then earned degrees at Harvard University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He teaches communications and journalism at Princeton University.[12] He currently resides in Princeton with his wife Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick, a photographer and photography instructor at Princeton Day School.