James Verdier

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Senior Editor, BioScience, American Institute of Biological Sciences

B.A., English, George Mason University

Email: jverdier@aibs.org

James is a Senior Editor of BioScience (Impact Factor: 8.589), the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), a nonprofit scientific society. He collaborates with BioScience's senior staff and the journal's publishing partner, Oxford University Press, to provide scientists, decision-makers, and the general public with peer-reviewed and authoritative overviews of current research in biology, accompanied by essays and discussions relevant to the field.

Alongside his work on the journal's peer-reviewed material, he initiated the In Their Own Words oral history series, interviewing accomplished scientists and science communicators including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Rita Colwell, Nalini Nadkarni, and Gene Likens, among many others. He has also written for BioScience on topics including scientific communication, the climate emergency, the role of science in informing sound public policy, and the importance of international representation on editorial boards.

 James also works with AIBS staff on a number of other programs aimed at scientific professional education and science communication, including hosting BioScience's podcast interview series, BioScience Talks. Prior to joining AIBS, James was principal of Dominion Editing and Transcription, LLC, an Arlington, Virginia–based firm with clients including the Global Alliance for Women's Health, the Washington Post, and AIBS.

    • Writing about Research for Impact & Influence

    • James M Verdier, In Their Own Words: Nalini Nadkarni, BioScience, 2021; biab074, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab07

    • James M Verdier, Crisis of Communication, BioScience, Volume 71, Issue 6, June 2021, Page 559, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab062

    • James M. Verdier, Scott l. Collins, Science Communication, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Page 487, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix063

    • Charles B Fenster, Scott Glisson, James M Verdier, A Clarion Call for Informed Decision-Making, BioScience, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 3–4, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa156

    • James M Verdier, In Their Own Words: Neil deGrasse Tyson, BioScience, Volume 70, Issue 9, September 2020, Pages 736–743, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa101

    • James M Verdier, In Their Own Words: Gene E. Likens, BioScience, Volume 70, Issue 8, August 2020, Pages 640–646, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa080

    • Robert E Gropp, James M Verdier, From Climate Emergency to Climate Response, BioScience, Volume 70, Issue 1, January 2020, Page 3, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz156

    • James M Verdier, In Their Own Words: Rita Colwell, BioScience, Volume 69, Issue 12, December 2019, Pages 969–973, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz124

    • Scott L Collins, James M Verdier, Editorial Boards Must Be Internationally Representative, BioScience, Volume 68, Issue 4, April 2018, Page 235, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biy030