Ada McVean is a science writer and communicator living in London. Ada’s BSc was a double major in bio-organic chemistry and gender studies. Her MSc thesis focused on synthesizing and characterizing small nucleic acid-based inhibitors Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 using click chemistry. She has been working with the McGill Office for Science and Society since 2016 and has been freelancing since 2019, including her column “But What Do I Know?” with Skeptical Inquirer.
