Author

Books by Hope Jahren

Hope Jahren is an American scientist and author who has held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the University of Oslo, where she leads a research group studying plant physiology and paleoclimate. Her scientific work focuses on stable isotope geochemistry and what plants can tell us about past climates. Lab Girl, published in 2016, was her first book and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. She has been recognized with numerous scientific honors and has written for The New York Times, Time, and other publications.