Clara Moskowitz

Clara Moskowitz is an American science journalist who works as a senior editor for Scientific American.^[1]

Career

Moskowitz majored in astronomy and physics at Wesleyan University, graduating in 2005.^[1] She went to the University of California, Santa Cruz for a master's degree in science communication, which she completed in 2007 after internships with the American Museum of Natural History and Discover magazine.^[2] After five years covering Space Shuttle missions for Space.com,^[3][4] she moved to her present position at Scientific American in 2014.^[1]

Recognition

In December 2015, the American Physical Society named her Woman Physicist of the Month.^[1][5][6]

Publications

• "Marie Curie's Hidden Network: How she recruited a generation of women scientists", Scientific American, vol. 332, no. 2 (February 2025), pp. 78–79.