Managing Director / CEO

Sunny Bains
A scientist, journalist, editor, and lecturer, Sunny both founded and runs Form and Content. She has a B.Sc. in Physics, an M.S. in Journalism, and a Ph.D. related to Artificial Intelligence. Her technical interests range from nanotechnology to optolectronics to robotics to theoretical computer science. As a writer and editor she has worked on everything from tiny niche technical newsletters to trade magazines like EE Times and Laser Focus World to mainstream titles like The Economist, New Scientist, and Wired. Over the years she developed the Form and Content system for gathering ideas and articles, and then helped design the software system that would make it come into its own. Though the company is based in London, Sunny previously lived and worked in Berkeley, Boston, Edinburgh, and near Seattle. In this spirit, the company is founded on the use of expert freelancers who live all over the UK, the United States and elsewhere. Because of this, Form and Content has the luxury of being able to recruit based purely on skills and expertise, and not location.

Editors

Joanna Carpenter
Joanna has been working with us as a technical editor since 2007.  She has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, a doctorate in Chemistry from Oxford University, and a masters in Science Communication from Imperial College London.  She has worked as an editorial assistant for a statistical research journal and as a freelance science writer also covers public engagement in science and medical research.  She is based in London and speaks fluent German.

Yvonne Carts-Powell
Yvonne is a science editor and journalist with more than 20 years experience and has edited or written more than 1000 articles and books. Yvonne covers light-related technologies, nanotechnology, and non-fossil-fuel-energy issues. Yvonne received her B.S. in Physics from James Madison University. She was a technical editor for Laser Focus World magazine, a contributing editor for several magazines, and the American editor for the book Nanotechnology (STT, 1998). Yvonne's articles have appeared in New Scientist and Physics Today as well as other magazines, books, newspapers, and websites. She authored The Science of Heroes.

Tia Ghose
Tia is a freelance writer and editor with an interest in biomedical technology, alternative energy, and materials science. She lives in Seattle. After earning a dual major in liberal arts and mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, she completed her masters degree in bioengineering from the University of Washington. She has written for publications like Science News and Science NOW. She is currently working at The Scientist.

Mary Hrovat
Mary has a B.S. degree in Astrophysics with a minor in Mathematics from Indiana University in Bloomington. She has written about science and information technology for Research & Creative Activity magazine at Indiana University, Indiana Alumni Magazine, and Discovery Online. She also posts brief news items and articles to her web site, the Thinking Meat Project, which deals with a variety of subjects related to human evolution, human nature, psychology, and brain science.

Janine Sullivan Love
Janine is a freelance writer with a strong interest in science and technology. In addition to her work at Form and Content Media, she is currently the editor of RF DesignLine and a contributing editor to EETimes, With more than 18 years of experience, she has worked with numerous other publications, including Microwaves & RF, Wireless Systems Design, Communication Systems Design, Wireless Design Online, and Global Telephony. She provides technical writing services for clients whose areas of expertise include software, design, chips, modules, network management, and systems. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree from Duquesne University.

Jennifer Markarian
Jennifer is a freelance technical writer and editor based in New Jersey.  She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, and worked as an engineer in the plastics industry for seven years before launching her writing business. She has over 10 years experience writing feature articles for plastics industry publications such as Plastics Additives & Compounding, Compounding World, and SpecialChem's online industry network, as well as writing press releases and articles for plastics industry clients.

Lori Valigra
Lori is a journalist and editor based in Cambridge, Massachussetts, and focuses on science, technology, and business. Her work has appeared in Science, The Boston Globe, Nature Network Boston, and The Christian Science Monitor, among others. Her numerous awards include an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in medical writing and an M.S. from Boston University in science journalism. She was also a foreign correspondent in Tokyo for five years covering the electronics industry and business.

Giselle Weiss
Giselle is an American freelance editor and writer living and working in Basel, Switzerland. After completing a first degree in languages, she went on to do a masters in Science Communication at Imperial College, London. She has 17 years’ experience editing science and technology, and has written articles on a broad range of topics for publications such as IEEE Spectrum, Science magazine, and the Economist. She also works as a technical translator of French and German into English, most recently for Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press, and Scientific American magazine.

Editorial Manager

Stuart Barr
In addition to working with Form and Content, Stuart Barr is a project manager for a UK-government-funded training organization working on projects across the 14-19-year-old and further-education sectors. A graduate of Edinburgh and Stirling Universities with an honors degree in Film and Media Studies, he has previously worked as a production assistant and writer for a variety of web-based and traditional media projects. He also has experience as a music journalist and as a media analyst for a business intelligence company.