Siddhant Pusdekar

Science writer

Siddhant Pusdekar is a London-based freelance writer with a Ph.D. in ecology, evolution and behavior from the University of Minnesota and an M.Sc. in neuroscience from King’s College London. He was a 2024 AAAS Mass Media Fellow with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and has written for Science News, Sierra and Yale School of Medicine News,  among other publications. See more at https://www.siddhantpusdekar.com/.

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