I am honored to introduce a new Person of LWON, Laura Helmuth, who probably doesn’t need introducing at all, given that she has done everything (editing mostly, but also editing-in-chief and giving encouraging talks and getting a PhD in cognitive neuroscience and winning awards and being on every science writing committee and institution known to humankind) and has been everywhere (Science, Smithsonian, National Geographic, Slate, Washington Post, and Scientific American, that is, a good fraction of the science-related publications known to humankind). She now writes a spritely advice column for Slate for people trying to navigate their workplaces. She remains what she has been ever since I’ve known her: a helper of the young, a quiet community-builder. Her editing inspiration is Charlie Watts, drummer for the Rolling Stones: scroll down to her name in the post on The Open Notebook, not only to see why Charlie is inspiring, but also to see what a splendid writer she is. In fact, she’s just generally splendid all around, everyone who knows her says so. “Oh Laura,” they say, “she’s just splendid.”
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Photo of Charlie Watts, playing not with the Rolling Stones but with The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie, by Poiseon Bild & Text, via Wikimedia Creative Commons
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