Sruthi S. Balakrishnan is a fact-checker, researcher, and writer. With a PhD in biology from India’s National Centre for Biological Sciences, she uses her academic training and love for reading to wade through scientific literature, interview scientists and other stakeholders, pull out relevant details, and compile them into narratives for different audiences. She is also the founder of SciScriber LLC.

Sruthi has written on topics ranging from long COVID to kleptomaniac sea slugs, and researched/fact-checked video scripts for PBS Terra and Ted-Ed. She helps other scientists by editing journal articles, grant proposals, and dissertations.