Content by RJ Mackenzie
RJ Mackenzie
RJ is a freelance science reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. He writes about biological and biomedical science, with a focus on the complexities and curiosities of the brain. He has had bylines in National Geographic, Popular Science, Nature, and The Scientist, among other publications.RJ was previously a staff writer at Technology Networks, where he edited the site’s neuroscience, informatics, and genomics communities and created their podcast, Opinionated Science. RJ has degrees in neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge.
In 2024, he was selected as a FRONTIERS Fellow by the European Research Council and spent three months reporting on rare disease research in Bilbao, Spain. His work has been nominated for best feature at the Association of British Science Writers Awards.
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