Elizabeth Thomson
Science Writer at MIT Materials Research Laboratory
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolElizabeth Thomson is a veteran science writer and communications strategist with over three decades of experience translating cutting-edge research—especially from MIT—into compelling stories for the public, media, and funders. She has long been the go-to storyteller for high-profile research, having served as chief science writer in MIT’s News Office and now covering materials research while freelancing for innovative clients like geothermal startup Quaise. Thomson combines deep institutional knowledge of academia and research ecosystems with proven media relations skills, including advance planning for multiple Nobel announcements and placements in outlets from the New York Times to international press. Known for spotting “cool” science and the people behind it, she also brings editorial leadership, team management, and proposal-writing experience that supports fundraising and outreach. A Cornell-trained biologist who later added management training at MIT, she blends technical literacy with strategic communications to make complex science accessible and newsworthy.
13 years of coding experience
MIT, Essentials of ManagementBS, Biological Sciences, BS, Biological Sciences at Cornell UniversityMaine-Endwell Senior High SchoolGithub contributions (2)
alect/Puzzledice
May 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:14 commits in 23 days
badtetris/StoneSoup
Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:23 commits in 2 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.