Nessa Carey
Molecular biologist and science author
Nessa Carey is a British molecular biologist who writes books on epigenetics for readers interested in science.
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About Nessa Carey
Nessa Carey earned a doctorate in virology at the University of Edinburgh. She later taught molecular biology at Imperial College London as a senior lecturer, and she is now a visiting professor there. Early in her career, she spent five years at the Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Lab in London. She has also worked in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, and she encourages scientists to move between universities and business. Her book The Epigenetics Revolution explores advances in epigenetics and what they could mean for medicine.