Kayt Sukel

Kayt Sukel earned a BS in cognitive psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and a MS in engineering psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. A passionate traveler and science writer, her work has appeared in Atlantic Monthly, New Scientist, USA Today, The Washington Post, ISLANDS, Parenting, The Bark, American Baby, and the AARP Bulletin. She is a partner at the award-winning family travel website, www.travelsavvymom.com, and is also a frequent contributor to the Dana Foundation's many science publications. Much of her work can be found on her website, kaytsukel.typepad.com, including stories about out-of-body experiences, computer models of schizophrenia, and exotic travel with young children. She lives outside Houston and frequently overshares on Twitter as @kaytsukel.

Her first book, Dirty Minds: How Our Brains Influence Love, Sex, and Relationships, has been lauded by critics as "fascinating," "fun," and "compulsively readable." This irreverent and funny tome takes on the age-old question, "What is love?" from a neurobiological perspective, examining all the ways our neurons can wreak havoc with our hearts.