Thomas Lin

Thomas Lin is the founder and editor-in-chief of Quanta, an award-winning, editorially independent magazine published by the Simons Foundation. He is the editor of the anthologies "Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire" and "The Prime Number Conspiracy." Previously, Lin was a digital editor at The New York Times, where he managed the online science and national news sections and wrote about science, tennis and technology. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Tennis and Wired and has been recognized by the American Society of Magazine Editors, White House News Photographers Association, Webby Awards, New York Emmys and others. He has taught at CUNY’s journalism school and volunteers on the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. He has interviewed Nobel laureates and Fields medalists but is most grateful for having had the chance to edit and mentor some of the most talented science and math writers working today.