Maya Wei-Haas

2015

National Geographic

Ohio State University

Assistant Editor for Science and Innovation, Smithsonian.com

About Maya:

Maya Wei-Haas was the 2015 AGU-sponsored AAAS Mass Media Fellow. She spent her summer as a science reporter at National Geographic, where she worked with online science editor Erika Engelhaupt whom AGU sponsored as a fellow in 2006.

Wei-Haas has a Ph.D. in geology from the Ohio State University where she studied how flame retardants found in many common household goods degrade in the Arctic. She has a B.S. in geology from Smith College.

Read more about Maya:

• AGU’s 2015 Mass Media Fellow to Report for National Geographic (2015 AGU Mass Media Fellow announcement)
• Falling in love with science all over again as a PhD-turned-journalist (Mid-fellowship report)
• Riding a “Roller Coaster” at National Geographic (Post-fellowship report)

Read some of Maya’s stories from her National Geographic fellowship:

• Is This The Biggest Great White Shark Ever Filmed?
• Scientists Share Wins, Epic Fails on Twitter
• 3 Years on Mars! Curiosity Rover’s Amazing Journey in Pictures
• New “Blue Face” Peacock Spider Is Fancy Dancer
• Burp by Burp, Fighting Emissions from Cows
• Rare White Rhino Dies, Leaving Only Four Left on the Planet
• We Just Learned How ‘Crazy Ants’ Ever Get Anything Done
• Beloved Storks, Emblems of Fertility, Rebounding in France
• Dogs Are Even More Like Us Than We Thought
• 15 Pictures of Adaptable, Beautiful, and Misunderstood Moths
• Elusive Quest for One True Kilogram Finally Pays Off
• These 11 Pictures Will Cool You Down in Summer
• A Century of Bicycling History in 16 Pictures
• Week’s Best Space Pictures: Pluto Reveals a Freckled Face
• Crow Tries to Fight Eagle, Gets Free Ride Instead
• Super-Spiky Ancient Worm Makes Its Debut
• Amazing Pictures: Baby Chameleon Doesn’t Know It Hatched
• 14 Pictures Show Thrill of Boxing, World’s Fight Cultures
• Watch: Mother Rabbit Viciously Attacks Snake—Find Out Why
• Caterpillars Take Looking Like Poop to a New Levels