Fred Guterl is executive editor of Scientific American and author of The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It (Bloomsbury 2012). He has won numerous awards for writing and editing from American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Overseas Press Club, and the American Society of Magazine Editors and other organizations. He led Scientific American to its first-ever award for National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2011 (the magazine industry’s version of an Oscar for Best Picture). Guterl was formerly deputy editor at Newsweek International. He makes frequent appearances as a guest speaker and on television—he has appeared on Charlie Rose, the Today Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and others. Guterl holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rochester and has taught science writing at Princeton.