Tim De Chant is the senior climate writer at TechCrunch and a lecturer in MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing. He has written for Wired, the Chicago Tribune, and Ars Technica, among others. Previously, he was senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and senior digital editor at NOVA, where he served as founding editor of the digital magazine NOVA Next. Before becoming a science journalist, he earned a PhD in landscape ecology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in environmental studies, English, and biology from St. Olaf College.