Joe Palca

JOE PALCA is a science journalist and PhD psychologist who served as NPR’s science correspondent for thirty years, covering biomedical research and astronomy. He is the author of Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us.

Palca was president of the National Association of Science Writers from 1999 to 2000 and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019. He holds a PhD in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and previously worked as a television producer and print journalist for Nature and Science magazine.

Joe Palca’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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