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Anne Simon is an American biology professor, scientist, and a science advisor on the American television series The X-Files, for both the original nine season run and the 2016 revival. The first episode of the original series that she provided science consultation on was the first-season finale "The Erlenmeyer Flask", which was telecast on May 13, 1994. She became involved with the series through her connection as a family friend of series creator Chris Carter. She wrote a 2001 book about the biological science of the show, The Real Science Behind the X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites and Mutants (ISBN 0-684-85618-2).

Her father is screenwriter and playwright Mayo Simon, and her sister is Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon. She received her BA in biology (magna cum laude) from the University of California San Diego in 1978 and her PhD in genetics from Indiana University in 1982.

Simon's primary research is on virus replication and symptom expression using the model virus, Turnip crinkle virus. She is a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics. Dr. Simon also heads the Virology Program at UMd, and is a senior editor of Journal of Virology.

References

1. ^ Forzato, Jamie (July 30, 2015). "U.Md. professor provides the science behind 'The X-Files'". wtop.com. WTOP/Washington's Top News. Retrieved August 2, 2015. Anne Simon, a plant virologist at the University of Maryland, has been the science adviser for "The X-Files" almost since the beginning. She's excited about the revival, which she's also worked on.
2. McCoy, Terrence (August 9, 2015). "Meet the scientist behind the return of 'The X-Files' to television". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Her dad, Mayo Simon, was a Hollywood scriptwriter. He penned some prominent sci-fi offerings — 'Marooned,' 'Futureworld' and 'Man from Atlantis' — when she was a child living in Southern California.
3. "CV" (PDF). docs.wixstatic.com.

External links

• Anne Simon's Turnip Crinkle Virus Laboratory

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