Nate Allen is the Head Moderator and Organizer of the Science AMA Series on Reddit.com (not an employee of Reddit). He and his team of scientist-volunteers endeavor to make sure that all posts to reddit science cite peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals, and that all discourse on science news remains civil and on-topic. He helps universities, journals, and scientific societies plan and run successful science AMAs.

Dr. Allen is a Principal Scientist in New Product Development at Sigma-Aldrich in Milwaukee, WI.