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Ada McVean is a science writer and communicator living in London, England. She received her BSc, with a double major in bio-organic chemistry and gender, sexuality, feminist and social justice studies from Â鶹AV in 2019, and her MSc from Â鶹AV in 2022. Her thesis focused on oligonucleotide chemistry, specifically synthesizing and characterizing small nucleic acid-based inhibitors ofÌýStreptococcus pyogenesÌýCas9 using click chemistry.

Science communication allows Ada to unite some of the things she is most passionate about: science, social justice and a big love of animals! She has been working with the Â鶹AV Office for Science and Society since 2016, separating sense from nonsense, and has been a freelance science writer since 2019. In 2020 Ada started her columnÌýÌýwith Skeptical Inquirer.

Ada volunteers with Montreal’s largest no-kill cat shelter,ÌýÌýÌýto fundraise, recruit new volunteers and promote adoptions and fosters.

When not writing, Ada spends her time listening to podcasts, playing video games, cooking and trying to find stray cats to pet.

Ada's favourite OSS 3 articles

1.ÌýCan Women Ejaculate? That Depends on Whom You Ask.

2.ÌýHow Do Veterinarians Die?

3.Ìý40 Years of Human Experimentation in America: The Tuskegee Study

You can see all of the articles by Ada hereÌýand here!