About Me

Freda Kreier is a freelance science journalist who likes to write about the natural world, the past and DNA. 

Freda completed her master's in science communication from UC Santa Cruz at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before becoming a journalist, Freda studied molecular biology at Colorado College (2017). 
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Her work to date appears in Nature, Science News, The Mercury News, Mongabay and more. She's also worked on the anthropology podcast SAPIENS and radio show Big Picture Science. 

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