Zaria Gorvett is an award-winning Senior Journalist at BBC Future. From lost fabrics to missing planets and vanishing viruses, she specialises in seeking out extraordinary stories across psychology, medicine, physics, history and beyond.

After working on environmental conservation projects Zaria studied HIV genetics at Cambridge University and then began writing articles for science magazines.

Zaria has broken several records for readership at BBC Future and BBC.com, and her articles appeared on Chartbeat’s list of the most engaging stories of the year in both 2021 and 2022. She is open to commissions and happy to appear on podcasts, radio shows, news segments and in documentaries.