Wendy Northcutt

Wendy Northcutt, also known as Darwin, is overseer of the awarding of Darwin Awards.

Northcutt studied molecular biology at UC Berkeley, worked in a neuroscience research laboratory at Stanford, and later joined a biotech startup developing cancer and diabetes therapeutics. All this merely served as a prelude to her true calling as creator of the website www.DarwinAwards.com, and author of hundreds of Darwin Awards stories. Wendy is the leading authority in the novel ways humans manage to accidentally eliminate themselves from the gene pool. She specializes in debunking urban legends, works as a freelance webmaster and public speaker, and enjoys travelling, glassblowing, and gardening.