I’m a versatile reporter skilled in data-driven journalism, digital and social media. I am interested in photo, audio and video as storytelling tools, and have experience using Photoshop, audio editors and Final Cut Pro. I speak a little French and Spanish.

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Journalism

Chemical & Engineering News 2018-present

STAT 2016-2018

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2014-2015

Michigan Radio (NPR) 2014

Knight Wallace Fellow
University of Michigan
2013-2014

Detroit Free Press
2008-2009*, 2010-2013

Santa Cruz Sentinel
2009-2010*, 2006-2007

Sun Herald (Mississippi) (Kaiser Family Foundation Fellow)
2007-2008

Charlotte Observer (Kaiser Family Foundation Health Reporting Intern)
2007

Education

University of California, Santa Cruz
Certificate, Science Communication, 2007

The UCSC Science Communication program is a one-year course for scientists who want to write for lay audiences. Graduates end up as journalists, public information officers and science communicators at museums and foundations.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Ph.D., Molecular Biology, 2004

While at UTSW, I researched the roles of two proteins associated with aging and longevity in model organisms. I was actively involved in student life, and became a science writer for the university after graduation.

Tufts University
B.S. Biology, 1998

My degree included an academic year of research on a bacteria than can survive stomach acid.

*During a short layoff, I worked in Santa Cruz.