Mariette DiChristina

She has been an adjunct professor in the graduate Science, Health and Environmental Reporting program at New York University for the past few years.

[1][2] Before joining Scientific American, DiChristina spent nearly 14 years at Popular Science in positions culminating as executive editor.

DiChristina was honored by New York's Italian Heritage and Culture Committee in its October 2009 celebration of Galileo's contributions to science.

In September 2010, Nature Publishing Group, Scientific American's parent organization, became a member of Change the Equation, a CEO-led initiative to cultivate widespread literacy in STEM in the U.S., as part of President Obama's "Educate to Innovate" campaign.

Led by DiChristina, Scientific American has launched several programs in 2011 in support of the initiative's goals.