Greg Watry

Greg Watry  

Editorial Director; Department Editor, Science & Technology

Greg Watry writes about people, research and initiatives in the mathematical and physical sciences, and is a member of the college’s communications and marketing team, serving as the team's editorial director. Watry's career includes experience in journalism, higher education and the private sector. His work has earned awards from the New Jersey Press Association, the Association for Communication Excellence and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. He holds bachelor's degrees in English literature and communication (media production specialization) from Villanova University and a master's degree in science, environment and medicine writing from Columbia University.  

A mouse mother lays with her pups in a fluffy nest.

Psilocybin May Present Unique Risks During the Postpartum Period

  • by Greg Watry
In a first-of-its-kind study appearing in Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team from the university’s Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics (IPN) dosed mouse mothers with psilocybin and found that the drug amplified anxiety and depressive-like symptoms associated with perinatal mood disorders — mental health conditions that can arise during or after pregnancy.
Unearthed Dickinsonia fossil

How Did Animals Eat Before Mouths?

  • by Greg Watry
Before the evolutionary advent of mouths and digestive systems, eating looked incredibly different on Earth. In a study appearing in Geobiology, UC Davis researchers reexamine fossils from half a billion years ago to learn how an enigmatic organism called Dickinsonia fed.
An overhead view of the beach with ovean waves spilling onto the sand.

Equations in the Sand

  • by Greg Watry
Mathematics permeates our lives. It’s there even when it escapes our comprehension. Anne Schilling discusses the predictive power of mathematics and her research on “Markov chains,” which are probability models that describe the sequence of events/states based on the past. It’s a concept that can be applied to a lot more than just your dresser drawer, including weather, voting procedures and quantum physics.