The people behind the articles

Evelyn Park, MD

Medical Editor

MD, Internal Medicine (Johns Hopkins)

Board-certified internist with twelve years of hospital practice in Baltimore and Seattle before transitioning to full-time medical writing. She focuses on translating primary clinical literature into accessible explanations for general readers, with particular attention to evidence quality and dose-of-uncertainty.

Marcus Rivera, PhD

Neuroscience Editor

PhD Neuroscience (UCSF)

Computational neuroscientist who spent eight years studying memory consolidation at UCSF and the Allen Institute. Writes about brain science, cognition, and the intersection of neuroscience with everyday behavior.

Amara Okafor, RD

Nutrition Editor

Registered Dietitian, MS Human Nutrition (Tufts)

Registered dietitian who has worked in both clinical and community-nutrition settings. Particular interest in disentangling popular nutrition claims from the underlying randomized-trial evidence.

Linnea Haugen, MSc

Sports Science Editor

MSc Exercise Physiology (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences)

Former competitive cross-country skier turned exercise physiologist. Covers training science, recovery, and the surprisingly thin evidence base behind much of mainstream fitness advice.

Jonathan Blackwell, JD

Legal Editor

JD, Member NY/CA Bar — corporate & securities practice (15 yrs)

Practiced as corporate-and-securities counsel at two AmLaw 100 firms before moving in-house at a fintech. Writes about how laws actually operate in transactions, regulatory enforcement, and litigation — and is unusually careful about the gap between statutory text and applied practice.

Priya Natarajan, LLM

International & IP Law Editor

JD, LLM Intellectual Property (Berkeley Law)

Intellectual-property and tech-transactions lawyer with experience advising both startups and large platforms. Writes about IP, antitrust, and the regulatory side of technology.

Katelyn Shaw, CFP

Personal Finance Editor

CFP®, MS Financial Planning

Certified Financial Planner who ran an independent fee-only planning practice for eight years before joining The InfoNexus full time. Specializes in translating tax-code mechanics and retirement-planning math into decisions ordinary readers can actually act on.

Rohan Deshpande, CFA

Markets & Investing Editor

CFA®, MBA (Wharton)

Buy-side equity analyst turned writer. Spent nine years covering financials and macro for a long-only fund. Writes about markets, valuation, and corporate finance with an eye on what's actually decision-relevant versus what's noise.

Harold Nakamura, CPA

Tax & Accounting Editor

CPA, MS Taxation (NYU)

Spent fourteen years in Big-4 tax practice before moving into private practice serving founders and high-net-worth families. Writes about the parts of the tax code that most affect real decisions — and is rigorous about citing primary statute, regulation, and case law.

Isabela Moreira, MSc

Economics Editor

MSc Economics (LSE)

Former central-bank research economist. Writes about macro, development, and the empirical economics literature with a particular interest in the gap between textbook models and how the real economy actually works.

DeShawn Baxter, CLU

Insurance Editor

CLU®, ChFC®

Twenty years on the carrier side of life and disability insurance, including product design and underwriting. Writes about how insurance products are actually structured and priced — and where the asymmetric information sits.

Natalie Okonkwo, MBA

Real Estate Editor

MBA Real Estate (Columbia)

Commercial real-estate analyst turned residential-market researcher. Covers everything from mortgage underwriting mechanics to commercial-cap-rate dynamics.

Samir Eldridge, MBA

Business Strategy Editor

MBA (INSEAD)

Strategy consultant who has worked across SaaS, consumer goods, and industrials. Writes about company-building, go-to-market, and the operational side of running real businesses.

Winston Cho, MS

Technology Editor

MS Computer Science (Stanford)

Distributed-systems engineer at two hyperscalers before turning to writing. Covers infrastructure, AI/ML systems, and the architectural choices behind the software people actually use.

Ariane Dubois, PhD

AI & Cognitive Science Editor

PhD Computer Science, AI (MIT)

Machine-learning researcher with work on representation learning and probabilistic methods. Particular interest in being precise about what current AI systems can and cannot do.

Anders Lindqvist, PhD

Cybersecurity Editor

PhD Computer Science — Cryptography

Cryptographer who has worked on protocol design at two security firms. Writes about applied cryptography, threat modeling, and the operational side of security.

Kara Jensen, MS

Engineering Editor

MS Mechanical Engineering (Georgia Tech)

Mechanical engineer with a decade in aerospace and automotive R&D. Covers physical engineering, manufacturing, and the surprisingly under-documented art of how things are actually built.

Petra Lindgren, PhD

Physical Sciences Editor

PhD Physics (Caltech)

Experimental physicist with a background in condensed-matter and instrument design. Writes about physics, materials, and what counts as evidence in physical science.

Tobias Werner, PhD

Mathematics Editor

PhD Mathematics (Bonn)

Number theorist by training, now writing about pure and applied math for general audiences. Particularly interested in showing where mathematical structure shows up in unexpected places.

Fernanda Castillo, PhD

Earth & Environmental Science Editor

PhD Earth System Science (Princeton)

Climate scientist who spent eight years modeling carbon-cycle feedbacks before turning to public communication. Writes about climate, ecology, and the messier policy edges of environmental science.

Olumide Adeyemi, PhD

Biology & Animals Editor

PhD Evolutionary Biology (Oxford)

Evolutionary biologist with field experience in West African savanna ecosystems. Covers organismal biology, animal behavior, and evolution.

Rin Takahashi, PhD

Space & Astronomy Editor

PhD Astrophysics (Tokyo)

Observational astronomer with time on Subaru and Keck. Covers astronomy and planetary science with attention to what the data can and cannot tell us.

Lucia Bernardi, PhD

History Editor

PhD History (Cambridge)

Historian of early modern Europe whose work crosses into economic and intellectual history. Particularly attentive to historiographical uncertainty.

Matias Okonjo, PhD

Political Science Editor

PhD Political Science (Yale)

Comparative-politics scholar with field research in West Africa and Eastern Europe. Writes about political institutions, geopolitics, and political economy.

Eleanor Vance, PhD

Sociology & Anthropology Editor

PhD Sociology (Chicago)

Cultural sociologist with research interests in family structure and digital culture. Writes carefully about social-science evidence and where the literature is genuinely contested.

Salim Khoury, PhD

Philosophy & Religion Editor

PhD Philosophy (Toronto)

Philosopher of mind with secondary specialization in comparative religion. Writes about philosophical questions, religious traditions, and the history of ideas.

Viviane Rouxel, PhD

Linguistics & Language Editor

PhD Linguistics (Sorbonne)

Sociolinguist with work on language contact and historical phonology. Covers language, linguistics, and writing.

Noah Fairchild, MFA

Arts & Design Editor

MFA Visual Arts (RISD)

Practicing visual artist and writer covering visual arts, design, architecture, and photography.

Yuna Park, MFA

Film & Performing Arts Editor

MFA Film Studies (NYU Tisch)

Film critic and scholar of East Asian cinema with bylines in independent film publications. Covers cinema, performing arts, and music.

Inés de la Vega

Food & Cooking Editor

Cookbook author and former restaurant cook. Writes about food, cooking technique, and the science behind everyday cooking.

Owen Hartwell

Travel & Geography Editor

Travel writer with extensive on-the-ground experience across Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Caucasus. Covers travel, geography, and urban life.

Harriet Kowalski

Home & Lifestyle Editor

Long-form lifestyle writer with a background in service journalism. Covers home, parenting, relationships, and personal development.

Jonas Blix

Games & Gaming Editor

Game designer turned writer. Covers gaming, game design, and the cultural side of interactive media.

Miriam Bukhari

Education & Career Editor

EdD Educational Leadership

Former secondary-school principal and education-policy researcher. Covers education, career, and personal growth.

Felix Ranta

Archaeology & Genealogy Editor

MA Archaeology (Helsinki)

Field archaeologist who has worked on Bronze Age sites in northern Europe and the Levant. Covers archaeology, genealogy, and mythology.