Our team

I write our psychedelic-science and regulation pieces, which means being very precise about what the law actually allows. Trained in neuroscience comms. I play jazz piano poorly but happily, lose at chess online, and read too many papers.

I came to science writing from a molecular biology degree and a stubborn need to know how things actually work at the receptor level. I write most of our cannabinoid and endocannabinoid-system pieces. Outside work I climb (badly), kill succulents at an impressive rate, and make my partner watch nature docs.

I am the resident sceptic. I write about how to read studies without getting fooled, and the history of how we got here. Sea swimmer year-round, statistics nerd, op-shop devotee, and owner of one very opinionated cattle dog.

Ex policy analyst, now I spend my days reading the Poisons Standard so other people do not have to. I cover how access pathways and scheduling really work. Weekends are for long road rides, vintage survey maps, and a sourdough starter named Trevor.

I grew up around a garden that was half kitchen, half pharmacy in my nan's eyes, and the history of plant medicine never let me go. I cover the wider botanical side. I keep bees, forage (legally), and read 19th-century herbals for fun.

Pharmacology is basically my love language. I write the peptide and pharmacokinetics material and try to keep the molecules from putting you to sleep. I run long, cook far too much Tamil food, and I am deep in a true-crime podcast hole.

Former medical librarian. I build the reference library and chase down primary sources, which my colleagues find either heroic or annoying. I birdwatch, haunt secondhand bookshops, and I have never finished a cryptic crossword in under an hour.