Katja Bargum

Katja Bargum is a Finnish writer, science journalist and former ant researcher. She received her PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Helsinki and wrote her dissertation on the social life of ants. As a researcher, Katja counted tens of thousands of ants. She then set out on a career in media, working as a science writer, an editor in chief of a scientific journal and a media producer. Her first nonfiction book won the 2009 Finnish State Award for Public Information, and she has also published a popular science book about ants for adults. Katja lives in Helsinki.