Ivan Oransky

Ivan Oransky joined Spectrum in 2020, having previously served in editorial leadership roles at outlets including Medscape, Reuters Health and Scientific American.

Kristin Ozelli

Kristin Ozelli oversees Spectrum’s day-to-day operations, manages the news team and oversees the production of articles and multimedia content.

Nicholette Zeliadt

Nicholette Zeliadt manages Spectrum‘s staff writers and interns, and she commissions and edits news and opinion articles.

Nektaria Pastellas

Nektaria Pastellas leads Spectrum’s strategic efforts to engage autism researchers and clinicians with Spectrum‘s award-winning content, across all marketing channels.

Emily Singer

Emily Singer commissions and edits scientist-written content and develops new resources for the community.

Brady Huggett

Brady Huggett is the enterprise editor at Spectrum, where he writes and edits features and long-form projects.

Rebecca Horne

Hope Vanderberg

Hope Vanderberg edits articles on Spectrum for grammar and accuracy.

Shaena Montanari

Shaena Montanari joined Spectrum as an enterprise reporter in January 2023. She was previously an investigative health reporter at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting in Phoenix.

Angie Voyles Askham

Angie Voyles Askham is Senior Reporter for Spectrum, where she covers neural circuits and gene therapy, among other topics. She proposed and writes Spectrum Launch, a monthly newsletter for early-career researchers.

Elissa Welle

Elissa Welle is a reporter for Spectrum, where she covers basic neuroscience research. She has previously written for Reuters, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nature and STAT, among other publications.

Sam Schuman

Sam Schuman is Spectrum’s associate web producer, working on the publication’s website and newsletters.

Jasmine Peralta

Jasmine is the marketing associate for Spectrum, where she works toward deepening and developing engagement among our audience.