Science

What I Do

I redesign systems to be neuroinclusive

For institutions: Curriculum audits to expose hidden barriers. Pedagogy rebuilt from linear to multimodal. Assessments that measure brilliance, not compliance.

For research groups: Lab cultures where stimming is normal, info-dumping is welcome, and competence is presumed. Collaboration structures that remove social ambiguity.

For individuals: Science communication training that harnesses pattern recognition, systems thinking, and hyperfocus. Mind maps before outlines. Visual thinking before verbal. Divergent thinking as an innovation engine, not a liability.

The goal isn’t accommodation. It’s unleashing the cognitive diversity academia has stifled for too long.

Who I Am

Scientist turned fiction writer & mentor of neurodivergent science writers. Fled academia when politicking got soul-crushing. Wildlife rehabber who cusses a lot.
If you need credentials: Caltech Price Fellowship & Helmholtz Professorship "Promoting Excellent Women in Science." Millions of € in research funding. Dozens of international science writing workshops. Mentor for the Afghan Women Writing Project. Sold nearly a million fiction books. Detailed CV here.
If credentials make you twitchy: I hated writing until it became my escape from managing science instead of doing it. Took me 49 years to figure out I'm AuDHD. Now everything makes sense: the panic at squeezing my brain into linear shape, the 12-hour hyperfocus sessions, the inability to politic people.

I'm Annelie, by the way. Almost forgot to mention that...