Dr Elizabeth Freeman is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She obtained a PhD from the University College London Ear Institute through the London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Programme. Her research focused on how malaria mosquitoes use their hearing to detect mates. Prior to her PhD, she obtained a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the Colorado School of Public Health and a BA in anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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