Kelly Weinersmith (née Smith) is an American biologist, writer, and podcaster.[1] She is a member of the faculty at Rice University in the Department of BioSciences, and an alumni collaborator with the Parasite Ecology Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2][3] She is co-author, with her husband Zach Weinersmith, of popular science books Soonish (2017) and A City on Mars (2023).
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Research
editA parasitologist, Weinersmith is the co-discoverer of Euderus set, commonly known as the crypt-keeper wasp.[4]
Books
edit- Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything (2017) is a work Kelly co-authored with her husband Zach Weinersmith looking at upcoming technologies that could change the future.[5][6][7][8][9] The book made #7 in Science on The New York Times bestsellers in the science book category.[10]
- A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? (2023), which Kelly also co-authored with her husband Zach Weinersmith, is a popular science book on space settlement and challenges facing a potential colonization of Mars, colonization of the Moon, and related activities. In particular, it draws on Weinersmith's experience as an ecologist to study maintaining ecologies off-Earth where the humans in them do not all rapidly perish, a difficult task.[11] The work made 11th place on The New York Times Best Seller list for all hardback non-fiction books.[12] It was awarded the 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize.[13][14]
Other activities
editWeinersmith is co-host of the podcast Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe,[15] and regular co-host of the podcast Science... sort of.[16]
She was a speaker at Smithsonian Magazine's "2015 Future Is Here Festival".[17]
References
edit- ↑ "Two Nerds Fall in Love". The Story Collider. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ "Kelly Weinersmith Parasite Ecology Group". The Board of Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ↑ "Adjunct Faculty: Department of BioSciences: School of Natural Sciences: Rice University". Adjunct Faculty: Department of BioScience: School of Natural Sciences: Rice University. Rice University. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ Scott P. Egan; Kelly L. Weinersmith; Sean Liu; et al. (2017). "Description of a new species of Euderus Haliday from the southeastern United States (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae): the crypt-keeper wasp". ZooKeys (645): 37–49. Bibcode:2017ZooK..645...37E. doi:10.3897/zookeys.645.11117. PMC 5299223. PMID 28228666.
- ↑ Simon, Matt. "Soonish: The Future is Weird and Scary and Also Hilarious". Wired. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ Robinson, Tasha (19 October 2017). "Custom-Printed Cocktails On The Moon? 'Soonish' Shows Us How". NPR. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ Griggs, Mary Beth (7 January 2019). "21 science books that make excellent gifts". Popular Science. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ Lewin, Sarah (17 October 2017). "The Future of Space Is Coming…'Soonish'". Space.com. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ↑ Doctorow, Cory (9 January 2018). "Soonish: exciting technologies on the horizon, with excitement-preserving nuance". Boing Boing. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ "Science Books - Best Sellers - November 12, 2017 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ Akers, W. M. (October 28, 2023). "Is It Time to Pull Up Stakes and Head for Mars?". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Hardcover Nonfiction (November 26, 2023)". The New York Times. November 2023.
- ↑ "Royal Society science book prize 2024 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ↑ "A City on Mars announced as winner of 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ↑ "Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe". Retrieved July 18, 2025.
- ↑ "Paleopals". Science... sort of Podcast. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ↑ "Will the Zombie-Makers of Today Yield the Neuroscience and Drug Discoveries of Tomorrow?". Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-18.