Robin Smith – Office of Communications

About: Robin Smith was a researcher and writing teacher for more than ten years before joining the news office at Duke University, where she covers the natural sciences across campus. Prior to that she worked at the Duke Lemur Center and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham. Robin earned a PhD in evolutionary biology from Duke University, and has published academic articles in Evolution, American Naturalist and the American Journal of Botany. She has also written for the Raleigh News and Observer, the Charlotte Observer and the blog column of Scientific American. Robin is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, and served on the board of the Science Communicators of North Carolina for eight years. When she’s not at her desk, Robin spends her time exploring art and the outdoors with her husband and two children, and waxing nostalgic about sleep. She tweets at @dukeresearch and (more rarely) @robinannsmith.