Joelle Renstrom

Science Writer, Daily Beast

Joelle Renstrom is a robot columnist for the Daily Beast, a regular contributor to Astrobiology, and a staff writer for Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. Her science writing has appeared in Slate, Aeon, New Scientist, and others. Her collection of essays, Closing the Book: Travels in Life, Loss, and Literature, was published in 2015. She teaches writing at Boston University with a focus on space exploration and artificial intelligence.