MEDIA

Print Features:
- University of Chicago Magazine
Podcasts/Interviews:
- FOX32 Chicago (WFLD), discussing mushrooms and other fungi in the Chicago area, recorded & aired 3 September 2025
- Spotlight Chicago (WGN) discussing fungi and the Illinois Mycological Association, recorded & aired 29 August 2025
- Primal Biology, discussing fungi and career, 3 August 2025
- Spotlight Chicago (WGN), recorded & aired 5 May 2025
- FOX32 Chicago Evening News (WFLD), recorded & aired 4 October 2023
- Instagram Reel (Field Museum) on fungi and The Last of Us, aired 10 February 2023
- RESET with Sasha-Ann Simons (WBEZ), recorded & aired 6 February 2023
- Welcome to Mushroom Hour, recorded June 2021, aired April 2022
- Instagram Live with NASA Earth Observatory, recorded April 2022
Public Talks:
- Illinois Mycological Association, recorded March 2022
Prototaxites: Epsiloon Magazine (France)
Illinois Mycological Association & Field Museum: WTTW (print), WTTW (Instagram)
Illinois Mycological Association: Chicago Tribune (print), Chicago Tribune (Instagram)
Illinois State Mushroom: WTTW (video), WTTW (print)
Mushrooms: CNN, CNN
Keanumycins: CNN, New York Times
The Last of Us: CNN, RESET (audio interview), WBEZ (video), WBEZ (print), Chicago Sun-Times
Zombie Spiders: CNN
Ant-Plant Evolution: Science
Invasive Golden Oyster Mushroom: New York Times
Lichens and Exoplantes: ScienceNews
Meyer et al. (2023): Nature Climate Change
Nelsen et al. (2023): PBS Eons
Booher et al. (2023): Current Biology
Nelsen et al. (2022): CNN, Scientific American, New Scientist, Smithsonian Magazine, Cosmos
Nelsen et al. (2020b): Current Biology
Nelsen et al. (2020a): New York Times, Science Focus (BBC), Science, Current Biology
Huang et al. (2019): Scientific American, Popular Science, Cosmos, Discover Magazine
Nelsen et al. (2018): Discover Magazine, Cosmos, Spiegel, L’Express, Natural History Magazine
Nelsen et al. (2016): National Geographic, Ars Technica, Washington Post, The Conversation, PNAS

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