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ABOUT THE AUTHOR - CHRISTY LEPPANEN, PH.D.

Christy Leppanen, Ph.D., is an environmental scientist with experience where statutes governing biological, physical, and chemical contaminants are applied. She is from northern Minnesota, grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, and worked for twenty years as a field biologist and research scientist throughout the eastern United States and the islands of Micronesia and the Hawaiian Archipelago.

She earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biology and a Master of Science in Toxicology from the University of Memphis and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Maine. Dr. Leppanen was an Associate Editor of the journal Biological Invasions, and her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the National Geographic Society, and the University of Washington’s Helen R. Whiteley Center. She has worked with NGOs, with state, territorial, and federal governments, with international efforts, and taught and published in environmental toxicology, entomology, invasion biology, and conservation science.

BULLETIN OF ZOMBIE RESEARCH: VOLUME 1 (buy on Amazon)

In her 2014 science fiction book, the BULLETIN OF ZOMBIE RESEARCH: VOLUME 1, she applies robust research approaches to the everyday, post-apocalyptic challenges that plague human society, with the emphasis on the science. Christy's interest in science fiction was driven by a combination of influences: her expertise in ecology and evolution, teaching experience in the life sciences, involvement in science translation, and her desire to develop new, creative approaches to coerce science into education.

AGENTS OF THE CURRENT THINKING (buy on Amazon and Barnes & Noble)

From 2021 to 2025, she was a toxicologist and the first microplastic pollution subject matter expert at the FDA Center for Tobacco Products. She was hired to support the agency’s compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. In her 2026 non-fiction book AGENTS OF THE CURRENT THINKING, she shares flawed decision making with outcomes consumers of products regulated by the FDA should press the U.S. Congress about fixing.