Elizabeth Pennisi is an American science journalist specializing in genomics, evolution, and microbiology.
Pennisi completed a bachelor's degree in biology at Cornell University.
[1] She earned a master's degree in science writing from Boston University.
[1] Pennisi worked for the public relations office of a university where she wrote for the school's science magazine.
[1] She also writes for Science News for which she won the 1996 James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry.