Amanda Hurley got a PhD from Princeton University in the Department of Molecular Biology. She grew up on a sheep farm in New Hampshire with two veterinarian parents so her interest in the life sciences was inevitable. At Princeton, she studied the bacterial communication process known as quorum sensing. Currently at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, she investigates how communities of bacteria talk to each other for the common good. Communication between humans also interests her. Specifically, advocating for science and the translation of primary scientific research into relatable stories.