Ingrid Wickelgren

Features Editor
Spectrum

Ingrid Wickelgren edits Deep Dives, Spectrum’s long-form stories on important topics in autism research.

Before joining the foundation in 2015, Ingrid was senior editor at Scientific American Mind and wrote the Streams of Consciousness blog for ScientificAmerican.com. She has also authored three popular science books and has written for Science, Discover, Health and The New York Times.

Ingrid has a B.S. in biological sciences from Stanford University.

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