KNVUL SHEIKH
I'm a staff reporter at The New York Times covering chronic and infectious diseases and other aspects of personal health.
Before joining The Times, I spent several years as a freelance writer and editor. My writing has appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Scholastic News and other publications. As an editor, I helped produce newsletters for Spectrum (now The Transmitter), organized digital operations for a doctors-only offshoot of Everyday Health, and served as the head of news at Genome Magazine.
I grew up in the foothills of the Himalayas in Pakistan, received a degree in molecular biology from the University of California, San Diego, and worked as a scientific researcher at Scripps Research, before doing a stint at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, where I studied the mechanisms behind cellular memories.
I moved to New York to get an advanced degree in journalism from New York University's Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP). And I was awarded a fellowship at The Open Notebook in 2019.
When I'm not planning my next big trip, I enjoy running and experimenting with green smoothies.
Featured Work
Knvul Sheikh - Scientific American - Neuroscience of Perception
Knvul Sheikh - Edible Brooklyn - Genetically Modifying Food
Knvul Sheikh - Vice News - Tonic - Flu Vaccine
Do You Hear What I Hear? Auditory Hallucinations Yield Clues to Perception
Scientific American
You Too Can Alter Your Food’s DNA at This Community Lab in Fort Greene
Edible Brooklyn
This Is How Scientists Decide What Goes In Your Flu Shot
Tonic
Knvul Sheikh - The Atlantic - Neurogastronomy
Knvul Sheikh - Purist Magazine - Offshore Wind Energy
Knvul Sheikh - National Geographic - Feathered Dinosaurs
The Science That Could Make You Crave Broccoli More Than Chocolate
The Atlantic
Oceanography: The Offshore Wind Energy Boom
Purist
Finally, You Can See Dinosaurs in All Their Feathered Glory
National Geographic