David Kestenbaum, NPR Biography
Correspondent, Science Desk
David Kestenbaum is a science correspondent for NPR. His job allows him to combine his extensive background in physics with his love of broadcast journalism.
Kestenbaum's desire to join NPR began long before that day in 1999 when he was offered his current position. Before coming to NPR, he worked as a reporter for Science magazine, a job that brought him from Chicago to Washington with nothing but "a fork, a spoon and some clothes." David recently returned to Chicago for a spell to fill in as a producer on the show This American Life.
In 1997, Kestenbaum worked at radio station WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, as part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Mass Media Fellowship program. He holds a bachelor's of science degree in physics from Yale University and a doctorate in physics from Harvard University.
