Pratik Pawar
Writer & Journalist
Pratik Pawar is a writer and journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes about biomedical research, global health, drug and vaccine development, and the policies shaping science and medicine.
Most recently, he was a reporter on Vox’s Future Perfect team. His writing has also appeared in Science, Nature, The Atlantic, NPR, and Smithsonian Magazine. Before journalism, he briefly worked in India’s pharmaceutical industry.
He holds a master’s in science writing from MIT (read his thesis here) and another master’s in biotechnology from D.Y. Patil University in Mumbai. He has held fellowships with The Open Notebook, AAAS, and the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Pratik is actively seeking roles in journalism, writing, editing, and research communication. He can be reached securely on Signal at pratik.11 or by email at pratikmpawar@gmail.com. You can also find him on Substack, Twitter, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.