I am currently the Community Editor at Wired, where I work across the brand, both magazine and website, to build and maintain strong social communities.

I received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College, and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in 2006. My postdoctoral work was in neuroscience at UCSF and Genentech.

I’ve written about science for Wired, Scientific American, Slate, Scientific American MIND, and elsewhere. I primarily cover topics on neuroscience, development, behavior change, and health.

Feel free to contact me: brian.mossop@gmail.com, find me on Twitter (@bmossop), or visit my personal website (http://brianmossop.com/)

Selected writing clips:

The Science Behind College-Football Helmet Stickers (Wired.com Playbook, April 2011)

Can Your Phone Help You Do IVF? (Slate XXFactor Blog, January 2011)

Tummy Time: Why babies need more of it than they’re getting (Slate, December 2010)

Brains of Our Fathers: Does Parenting Rewire Dads? (Scientific American, Mind Matters, August 2010)

Cadaver Legs Give New Insights Into Athletes’ Ligament Tears (Wired.com Playbook, November 2010)

A Curveball’s Curve? It’s All in Your Head (Wired.com, Playbook, October 2010)

For Fighters, Success May Come Down to Smell (Wired.com, Playbook, September 2010)

Stress Hormones Could Predict Boxing Dominance (Wired.com, Playbook, August 2010)

Product Round-up: Self Helpers (Wired Magazine, July 2010)

Amazing Rats (The Scientist’s blog, Naturally Selected, March 2010)