Jennifer Rohn
Encyclopedia
Dr Jennifer Rohn is an American scientist and novelist. She is currently a cell biologist at University College London
, editor of the webzine LabLit.com and founder of the Science is Vital organization that campaigns against cuts to the public funding of science in the UK.
Her first novel, Experimental Heart, was published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
(CSHLP) in 2008. This is written in the lab lit
genre, which she is well-known for championing, and represents a departure for CSHLP, which had previously only published scientific non-fiction. Her second novel, The Honest Look, was also published by CSHLP in November 2010. Rohn has also had short fiction published in Nature
.
In 2011, Rohn won the inaugural Research Fortnight
"Achiever of the Year" award, and received the Society for Experimental Biology
's President's Medal in the Education and Public Affairs Section.
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
, editor of the webzine LabLit.com and founder of the Science is Vital organization that campaigns against cuts to the public funding of science in the UK.
Her first novel, Experimental Heart, was published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press was founded in 1933 to aid in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's purpose of furthering the advance and spread of scientific knowledge....
(CSHLP) in 2008. This is written in the lab lit
Lab lit
Lab lit is a genre of fiction that centres on realistic portrayals of scientists, and science as a profession. Unlike science fiction, lab lit is typically set in the real world, rather than a speculative or future one. Lab lit novels may centre on the science directly, or include a scientific...
genre, which she is well-known for championing, and represents a departure for CSHLP, which had previously only published scientific non-fiction. Her second novel, The Honest Look, was also published by CSHLP in November 2010. Rohn has also had short fiction published in Nature
Nature (journal)
Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
.
In 2011, Rohn won the inaugural Research Fortnight
Research Fortnight
Research Fortnight is a subscription newsletter covering research policy in the UK.Research Fortnight was founded in 1994 by William Cullerne Bown, then a reporter at New Scientist...
"Achiever of the Year" award, and received the Society for Experimental Biology
Society for Experimental Biology
The Society for Experimental Biology is a learned society which was established in 1923 at Birkbeck College in London to “promote the art and science of experimental biology in all its branches”. The Society has an international membership of approximately 2000 biological researchers, teachers and...
's President's Medal in the Education and Public Affairs Section.
External links
- jennyrohn.com - Rohn's website
- Mind the Gap - Rohn's blog on Occam's Typewriter
- @JennyRohn - Rohn's Twitter feed
- LabLit.com - a science-in-fiction site run by Rohn
- scienceisvital.org.uk Science is Vital webpage