Lisa Grossman

Lisa Grossman is an award-winning science journalist who is part of the 2023-24 Knight Science Journalism Fellowship class at MIT.1 She is currently based in the Boston area and works as a staff reporter at Science News, where she specializes in covering astronomy.12

Background and Experience

Grossman has an impressive background in science journalism:

• She holds a degree in astronomy from Cornell University1
• She obtained a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California Santa Cruz1
• Prior to her current role, she worked as the physical sciences news editor at New Scientist1

Notable Achievements

Throughout her career, Grossman has had the opportunity to cover a wide range of scientific topics and locations:

• Her work has taken her to the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska
• She has reported from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
• She has visited NASA's Lunar Samples Lab in Houston1

Current Fellowship

As part of her Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT, Grossman is embarking on a new project. After 15 years of writing about the cosmos, she is now working on a memoir that explores themes of loss, motherhood, and the biology that connects humans to the universe.3

The fellowship provides Grossman and her colleagues with the opportunity to study at MIT and other leading research universities in the Boston area. They will also attend seminars, participate in workshops, and visit renowned research laboratories while pursuing independent research projects.1