Author Q&A Series
March 19, 2025 • 7:00-8:00pm
Carl Zimmer
Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
(Dutton, February 2025)
About Carl:
Carl Zimmer writes the "Origins" column for the New York Times and has frequently contributed to the Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American. His journalism has earned numerous awards, including ones from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering. Zimmer is professor adjunct at Yale, where he teaches writing. He is the author of fourteen books about science, including Life's Edge.
This event is a co-production with the Atlanta Science Festival.
April 16, 2025 • 7:00-8:00pm
Jaap de Roode
Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves
(Princeton University Press, March 2025)
About Jaap:
Jaap de Roode is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Biology at Emory University, where he runs a research lab, and teaches courses on biology, evolution, and infectious diseases. He is also the director of the Infectious Diseases Across Scales Training Program, which trains graduate students in the study and control of infectious disease. Most of de Roode’s research focuses on monarch butterflies and their parasites. Following his research that showed that monarchs can use toxic milkweed as medicine, he wrote the popular science book “Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes & Other Animals Heal Themselves.”
January 29, 2025 • 7:00-8:00pm
Caitlin Rivers, PhD
Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks
(Viking, 2024)
February 26, 2025 • 7:00-8:00pm
Dr. Adam Ratner, MD, MPH
Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health
(Avery, February 2025)
We'd like to send a special thank you to Georgia Center for the Book, the Emory Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement, and IDEAS Festival Emory for being the official co-sponsors of the Spring 2025 Living Health: Author Q&A Series.
