John Carey is Senior Correspondent in Business Week's Washington, D.C., bureau. He has covered science, technology, medicine, health, energy and the environment since joining the magazine in 1989.

During that time, Carey has written stories on everything from sequencing the human genome and climate change to tobacco regulation and election technology.

Prior to joining Business Week, Carey spent a year as an editor of The Scientist, three years as a writer and editor for National & International Wildlife magazines, and six years at Newsweek, where he covered science, technology, and health.

His stories have won awards from organizations such as the Deadline Club, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Oversees Press Club, and the Aviation and Space Writers Association.

Carey has degrees in biochemistry (B.A., Yale University), marine biology (M.Sc., University College of North Wales), and forest ecology (M.F.S., Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies).