Nuala Del Piccolo is a scientific writer at Imperial College London. She is passionate about communicating science with multiple stakeholders and promoting diversity in STEM. She has been an ASBMB Today contributor since 2019. Del Piccolo earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate in biomedical engineering and materials science at Johns Hopkins University and completed postdoctoral training in biomedical engineering at University of California, Davis. In her free time, she enjoys trail running, skiing and reading.