Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering science and technology for TIME since he reported a cover story on computer "Whiz Kids" in 1982. He became a staff writer in 1983, a senior writer in 1993, a senior editor in 1994 and science editor in 1995. He started two new sections in the magazine -- Computers (1982) and Technology (1987) -- and in 1994 helped launch TIME Online, America's first interactive newsmagazine. He is now an assistant managing editor in charge of TIME's science, medicine and technology coverage.

As a writer, Elmer-DeWitt produced more than 450 news and feature stories for TIME on subjects ranging from in-vitro fertilization to computer sex. His cover stories include "Computer Viruses" (1988), "Supercomputers" (1988), "Curing Infertility" (1991), "The Rio Earth Summit" (1992), "Cyberpunk" (1993), "Info Highway" (1993), "Video Games" (1993), "Human Cloning (1993), "Genetics" (1994), "The Internet" (1994) , "Sex In America" (1994), "Girth of a Nation" (1995), "Cyberspace" (1995), Bill Gates (1995) and the infamous "Cyberporn" (1995).

Since 1995, he has edited more than 50 TIME cover stories, including the issues that named Dr. David Ho "Man of the Year" (1996) and Albert Einstein "Person of the Century" (1999).

Born in Boston and raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, he was graduated summa cum laude in English from Oberlin College and studied at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and at the University of California at Berkeley.