Ann Reid

Reid graduated from Bard College at Simon's Rock in environmental science, obtained a master's degree in international studies at Johns Hopkins University.

[1][2] At age 21 Reid worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris for three years.

Disappointed with diplomatic work, she went back to the United States to develop a career in medical research, starting as a technician at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, then as a molecular biologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, where she started to write about science education.

[1][2] While at the AFIP, she did a large part of the laboratory work leading to the sequencing of the 1918 influenza virus.

[4][5] She has been interviewed by The New York Times,[3] The Washington Post,[6][7][8] NPR,[9] CBS,[10] and other national news outlets.