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# Christer Jansson

Christer Jansson is a biochemist and the author of Genes of the Past, a documentary-style science thriller that treats a fictional 550,000-year-old Moroccan fossil as the physical evidence of a sensory ability lost to the ancestors of modern humans. Jansson had a career as a lead scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory before turning to fiction. His debut was published by Starry-Eyed Press in 2023.

**Biochemist and novelist**

Biochemist and debut novelist. Career as a lead scientist at Lawrence Berkeley and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. Currently at work on a second novel, The Prairie Dogs and the Alien. Member of the Authors Guild, Goodreads Author Program, and Amazon Author Central.

## Coverage

- [undefined](/article/genes-of-the-past-christer-jansson-lost-sense) - Science & Tech, 2026-04-13