Thomas Sumner is a science communicator and editor in New York City with over 12 years of experience translating complexity into excitement. As managing editor of the Simons Foundation, he oversees the multibillion-dollar nonprofit’s editorial team and media outreach efforts.
Thomas’ reporting on scientific research has appeared in publications such as Science, the San Jose Mercury News, Live Science, Business Insider and Fox News. Thomas previously covered the earth sciences beat for Science News Magazine and interned at Science, the American Geophysical Union, Stanford University, the Salinas Californian and Inside Science.
Thomas studied as a graduate student in the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Science Communication Program. Before going into journalism, Thomas assisted space weather research and studied physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.