SCIENCE JOURNALISM
Freelance science journalist (June 2008 – present)
• Write news and feature articles about science research and policy
• Clients include Discover, Scientific American, New Scientist, Science NOW
Freelance science journalist (June 2008 – present)
• Write news and feature articles about science research and policy
• Clients include Discover, Scientific American, New Scientist, Science NOW
Reporting Intern, Nature (July 2009 – present)
• Write news and feature articles about science research and policy
Science Writer, Lumos Labs, San Francisco, CA (July 2006 – Sept 2007)
Lumos Labs is a cognitive neuroscience company that designs computer games to improve fundamental cognitive abilities
• Edited conference abstracts and web publications
• Produced 500-word articles that communicate neuroscience concepts to a general audience
• Contributed to brain health “blog”
EDUCATION
Certificate, Science Communication, University of California, Santa Cruz (expected June 2009)
Honors/Awards: Wooldridge Graduate Award in Science Writing, Graduate Fellowship
M.S., Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco (2004 – 2007)
Honors/Awards: Genentech Fellowship, UCSF Graduate Dean's Health Science Fellowship
B.S. Biology, B.A. Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA (2000 – 2004)
Honors/Awards: magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, MacJannet Scholarship for International Study, Allergan College Scholarship
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Adult neural stem cells (April 2006 – Jul 2007)
Mechanism of cell death in Parkinson’s Disease (Oct 2005 – Mar 2006)
Female reproductive behavior (Apr 2005 – Oct 2005)
Development of the retina (Jan 2005 – Apr 2005)
Neuromuscular synapse formation (Sep 2004 – Dec 2004)
Tufts University, Medford MA
Cocaine addiction, alcohol-induced aggression (Mar 2002 – May 2004)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA
Plaque formation in Alzheimer’s Disease (Sep 2001 – May 2002)
• Write news and feature articles about science research and policy
Reporting Intern, Wired Science (Mar 2009 – present)
• Write news stories and features for popular science blog
Intern, Central Coast Public Radio KUSP/NPR Affiliate (Jan 2009 – March 2009)
• Report, voice, edit, and produce radio documentaries about science news from Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
Reporting intern, Monterey County Herald (Sept 2008 – Dec 2008)
• Covered news related to science, health and the environment in Monterey County
Web intern, Discover Magazine, New York, NY (Jan 2008 – May 2008)
• Pitched and wrote features, news stories, galleries, and blog posts for discovermagazine.com
• Generated ideas for short articles and info-graphics for the print publication
• Maintained website by posting stories and multimedia, linking web content to external websites, performing search engine optimization
Writing Intern, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (Sept 2007 – Dec 2007)
• Wrote short and feature-length articles for symmetry magazine, a publication about the science, people and culture of particle physics
• Wrote variety of articles for SLAC Today, SLAC's daily online newsletter for SLAC employees, including physics research, technology development, employee profiles, sporting events
• Responsible for full range of writing duties, including pitching story ideas, researching, conducting interviews, taking photographs, and writing
• Report, voice, edit, and produce radio documentaries about science news from Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
Reporting intern, Monterey County Herald (Sept 2008 – Dec 2008)
• Covered news related to science, health and the environment in Monterey County
Web intern, Discover Magazine, New York, NY (Jan 2008 – May 2008)
• Pitched and wrote features, news stories, galleries, and blog posts for discovermagazine.com
• Generated ideas for short articles and info-graphics for the print publication
• Maintained website by posting stories and multimedia, linking web content to external websites, performing search engine optimization
Writing Intern, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (Sept 2007 – Dec 2007)
• Wrote short and feature-length articles for symmetry magazine, a publication about the science, people and culture of particle physics
• Wrote variety of articles for SLAC Today, SLAC's daily online newsletter for SLAC employees, including physics research, technology development, employee profiles, sporting events
• Responsible for full range of writing duties, including pitching story ideas, researching, conducting interviews, taking photographs, and writing
Science Writer, Lumos Labs, San Francisco, CA (July 2006 – Sept 2007)
Lumos Labs is a cognitive neuroscience company that designs computer games to improve fundamental cognitive abilities
• Edited conference abstracts and web publications
• Produced 500-word articles that communicate neuroscience concepts to a general audience
• Contributed to brain health “blog”
EDUCATION
Certificate, Science Communication, University of California, Santa Cruz (expected June 2009)
Honors/Awards: Wooldridge Graduate Award in Science Writing, Graduate Fellowship
M.S., Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco (2004 – 2007)
Honors/Awards: Genentech Fellowship, UCSF Graduate Dean's Health Science Fellowship
B.S. Biology, B.A. Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA (2000 – 2004)
Honors/Awards: magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society, MacJannet Scholarship for International Study, Allergan College Scholarship
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Adult neural stem cells (April 2006 – Jul 2007)
Mechanism of cell death in Parkinson’s Disease (Oct 2005 – Mar 2006)
Female reproductive behavior (Apr 2005 – Oct 2005)
Development of the retina (Jan 2005 – Apr 2005)
Neuromuscular synapse formation (Sep 2004 – Dec 2004)
Tufts University, Medford MA
Cocaine addiction, alcohol-induced aggression (Mar 2002 – May 2004)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA
Plaque formation in Alzheimer’s Disease (Sep 2001 – May 2002)
