Journalism Experience
Editor and reporter, GenomeWeb.com, October 2013 - present
Reporting and writing multiple in-depth biotech research and business feature stories per week covering PCR and the molecular diagnostics industry; developing relationships and leads for long-term trend pieces; writing news briefs, new product announcements, and other daily content as needed; managing many simultaneous projects and meeting tight publication deadlines; reporting from conferences and meetings.
Freelance science writer, July 2011 - present
Researching, pitching, reporting, and writing freelance science journalism.
Passage developer, Pearson, September 2012 - March 2013
Writing science passages, work-shopping the revised science section of the 2014 GED exam.
Editor and writer, Scienceline.org, September 2010 - December 2011
Working with a team of editors to write, polish, and post to a science news website.
Science writing intern, AutismSpeaks.org, September 2011 - December 2011
Writing, editing, and fact-checking science news for the organization's website.
Research intern, Ark Media, May 2011 - August 2011
Researching and preparing dossiers on relevant historical and scientific issues for a 10-part PBS mini-series, Finding Your Roots.
Journalism Skills
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Microsoft Word and Excel, social media; basic knowledge of Final Cut, HTML, iPad app development; Conversational in Spanish, some German, learning Finnish.
Scientific Experience
Postdoctoral fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center, June 2008 - March 2010
National Research Service Award fellow in the Department of Molecular Psychiatry.
Postdoctoral associate, SUNY Stony Brook, October 2007 - June 2008
Continuing work with graduate advisor from Columbia, who became chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Stony Brook.
Graduate research assistant, Columbia University, September 2000 - October 2007
Ph.D. research on psychiatric susceptibility genes and affecting birth of new neurons in adult mice; designing and performing experiments, writing and defending a doctoral dissertation.
Research assistant, New York University, September 1999 - September 2000
Designing and performing experiments concerning the neurobiology of the retina.
Research assistant, University of Pennsylvania, October 1993 - September 1999
Undergraduate work-study leading to a full-time position as a lab technician studying the neurobiology of the retina.
Education
MA in Science Writing, 2011
Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program
Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior, 2007
Columbia University
B.A. in Biology, 1997
University of Pennsylvania
Editor and reporter, GenomeWeb.com, October 2013 - present
Reporting and writing multiple in-depth biotech research and business feature stories per week covering PCR and the molecular diagnostics industry; developing relationships and leads for long-term trend pieces; writing news briefs, new product announcements, and other daily content as needed; managing many simultaneous projects and meeting tight publication deadlines; reporting from conferences and meetings.
Freelance science writer, July 2011 - present
Researching, pitching, reporting, and writing freelance science journalism.
Passage developer, Pearson, September 2012 - March 2013
Writing science passages, work-shopping the revised science section of the 2014 GED exam.
Editor and writer, Scienceline.org, September 2010 - December 2011
Working with a team of editors to write, polish, and post to a science news website.
Science writing intern, AutismSpeaks.org, September 2011 - December 2011
Writing, editing, and fact-checking science news for the organization's website.
Research intern, Ark Media, May 2011 - August 2011
Researching and preparing dossiers on relevant historical and scientific issues for a 10-part PBS mini-series, Finding Your Roots.
Journalism Skills
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Microsoft Word and Excel, social media; basic knowledge of Final Cut, HTML, iPad app development; Conversational in Spanish, some German, learning Finnish.
Scientific Experience
Postdoctoral fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center, June 2008 - March 2010
National Research Service Award fellow in the Department of Molecular Psychiatry.
Postdoctoral associate, SUNY Stony Brook, October 2007 - June 2008
Continuing work with graduate advisor from Columbia, who became chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Stony Brook.
Graduate research assistant, Columbia University, September 2000 - October 2007
Ph.D. research on psychiatric susceptibility genes and affecting birth of new neurons in adult mice; designing and performing experiments, writing and defending a doctoral dissertation.
Research assistant, New York University, September 1999 - September 2000
Designing and performing experiments concerning the neurobiology of the retina.
Research assistant, University of Pennsylvania, October 1993 - September 1999
Undergraduate work-study leading to a full-time position as a lab technician studying the neurobiology of the retina.
Education
MA in Science Writing, 2011
Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program
Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior, 2007
Columbia University
B.A. in Biology, 1997
University of Pennsylvania
