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David Ewing Duncan
July 15, 2008
David Ewing Duncan is the chief
correspondent for National Public Radio's weekly program, "Biotech
Nation." He is a contributing editor to Wired, Discover,
and Technology Review, and a commentator on NPR's "Morning
Edition." He has been a special correspondent and producer
for ABC's "Nightline" and "20/20," and a
producer for Discovery Television. Additionally, he is a correspondent
for NOVA's ScienceNow! and an Executive Producer for the Smithsonian
Networks.
Mr. Duncan is an award-winning,
best-selling author of six books and numerous essays, articles
and short stories. His most recent book is Masterminds: Genius,
DNA and the Quest to Rewrite Life (previously titled The Geneticist
Who Played Hoops with My DNA… and other masterminds from
the frontiers of biotech.) He wrote the international bestseller
Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate
Year, and is currently at work on Experimental Man: a Molecular
Autobiography.
He is a regular contributor to National Geographic, Fortune and
MIT Technology Review, and was a longtime correspondent for Life.
He also writes for Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Outside,
and The New York Times, and contributes to the "Dialogues"
column for Discover.
In 2003, Mr. Duncan won the
prestigious Magazine Story of the Year Award from the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2006, his article
"Wired to Eat" was cited in a nomination by the National
Magazine Awards for the MIT Technology Review in the General
Excellence category.
Mr. Duncan is the founder and
editorial director of the BioAgenda Institute, an independent,
non-profit program of events and educational initiatives that
discusses and analyzes crucial issues in life sciences. |
