Donna Lu is Guardian Australia’s science writer. She previously worked in London as a journalist for New Scientist magazine, and her reporting has appeared in publications including The Atlantic, VICE, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Saturday Paper. Her work has been anthologised in The Best Australian Science Writing 2020 and 2021, and was shortlisted for the Bragg Prize in 2020. She holds a masters degree from the University of Cambridge.