Brian Isett

Brian Isett is a scientist and writer living in Pittsburgh, PA. He a published poet and recipient of two prizes for his short fiction. His first illustrated YA book, The Forgotten Teachers: How Nature Wrote the Story of Life (2025) charts the evolution of life on Earth under the mentorship of six ancient teachers: Ocean, Air, Theia, Sun, Plants, and Symbionts. He has also contributed writing to Emergence Magazine, among others and written a book of poetry titled Grid Poems: Vol I. As a scientist, Brian earned a PhD in Neuroscience from UC Berkeley and has contributed to basic research in the fields of perceptual neuroscience, Parkinson's disease, and immune therapy in cancer.