Freelance Science Writer, September 2012 - present
Reporting on medicine, conservation, animals and the environment for media outlets that include:
National Geographic News, Science, ScienceNOW, Nature Medicine, Cancer Discovery, Mongabay, Ensia, San Jose Mercury News, Bay Nature magazine, the Bay Area Monitor, Stanford Medicine magazine, Science News for Students, and the Wild Hope journal. Also wrote features to the Molecular Bond, the newsletter for the DOE Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory.
Technical Publications Specialist, The Purina Institute, St. Louis, MO. 2017 - 2021
Translate scientific innovations in companion animal nutrition into useful findings for veterinary professionals.
Managing Editor for inquiry@UC Santa Cruz, 2015 - 2018 editions
Launched the first three editions of a research magazine for the UC Santa Cruz Office of Research to showcase the breadth and depth of scientific research conducted on campus. In this position I edited features, wrote news briefs, managed contract writers, and helped create magazine design.
Invited Writer for the Beckman Initiative for Macular Research, January 2012 - 2017
Cover task groups at this multidisciplinary conference about the leading cause of blindness in older Americans. Nanomedicine, regulatory medicine, biochemical basis of disease.
News Intern for the San Jose Mercury News and Monterey Herald, September 2012 - April 2013
Wrote articles, both pitched and assigned, for the metro news desk in San Jose, California. Many front page placements covering regional news under daily deadlines for the Herald.
Pet health writer, 2002 - present
Award winning articles for Veterinary Economics. Regular contributor to Pet Age and the Morris Animal Foundation magazine. Articles also appeared in Cat Fancy, Baywoof and Coastal Canine. (2002-2012)
MULTIMEDIA:
Podcasts for Nature Medicine
Videos: "All the Wild Horses" for the Why Files; "How 'Flying Death' has Saved Hundreds of Lives" for the SciShow
EDUCATION:
UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program, Graduate Certificate, June 2013
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM, May 1988
Boston University School of Medicine, Biochemistry and Immunology, 1983
University of Vermont, BA, Zoology, Cum Laude, May 1982
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
National Association of Science Writers
American Veterinary Medical Association
AWARDS:
Society of Wetland Scientists Journalism Fellowship 2017
AHCJ Annual Conference Fellowship 2017
COMPASS media fellowship, North American Congress for Conservation Biology, 2014 & 2016
Ensia magazine mentorship/article award, June 2014
Metcalf Oil Spill Science Journalism Fellowship, January 2014
Beckman Initiative for Macular Research writing fellowship, January 2013-2017
Council for Advancement of Science Writing,Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowship, September 2012
ARCS Foundation Scholar Award, Northern California chapter, September 2012
O, the Oprah Magazine/Chase Blueprint “Be a Better You” winner, July 2012
Reporting on medicine, conservation, animals and the environment for media outlets that include:
National Geographic News, Science, ScienceNOW, Nature Medicine, Cancer Discovery, Mongabay, Ensia, San Jose Mercury News, Bay Nature magazine, the Bay Area Monitor, Stanford Medicine magazine, Science News for Students, and the Wild Hope journal. Also wrote features to the Molecular Bond, the newsletter for the DOE Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory.
Technical Publications Specialist, The Purina Institute, St. Louis, MO. 2017 - 2021
Translate scientific innovations in companion animal nutrition into useful findings for veterinary professionals.
Managing Editor for inquiry@UC Santa Cruz, 2015 - 2018 editions
Launched the first three editions of a research magazine for the UC Santa Cruz Office of Research to showcase the breadth and depth of scientific research conducted on campus. In this position I edited features, wrote news briefs, managed contract writers, and helped create magazine design.
Invited Writer for the Beckman Initiative for Macular Research, January 2012 - 2017
Cover task groups at this multidisciplinary conference about the leading cause of blindness in older Americans. Nanomedicine, regulatory medicine, biochemical basis of disease.
News Intern for the San Jose Mercury News and Monterey Herald, September 2012 - April 2013
Wrote articles, both pitched and assigned, for the metro news desk in San Jose, California. Many front page placements covering regional news under daily deadlines for the Herald.
Pet health writer, 2002 - present
Award winning articles for Veterinary Economics. Regular contributor to Pet Age and the Morris Animal Foundation magazine. Articles also appeared in Cat Fancy, Baywoof and Coastal Canine. (2002-2012)
MULTIMEDIA:
Podcasts for Nature Medicine
Videos: "All the Wild Horses" for the Why Files; "How 'Flying Death' has Saved Hundreds of Lives" for the SciShow
EDUCATION:
UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program, Graduate Certificate, June 2013
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM, May 1988
Boston University School of Medicine, Biochemistry and Immunology, 1983
University of Vermont, BA, Zoology, Cum Laude, May 1982
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
National Association of Science Writers
American Veterinary Medical Association
AWARDS:
Society of Wetland Scientists Journalism Fellowship 2017
AHCJ Annual Conference Fellowship 2017
COMPASS media fellowship, North American Congress for Conservation Biology, 2014 & 2016
Ensia magazine mentorship/article award, June 2014
Metcalf Oil Spill Science Journalism Fellowship, January 2014
Beckman Initiative for Macular Research writing fellowship, January 2013-2017
Council for Advancement of Science Writing,Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowship, September 2012
ARCS Foundation Scholar Award, Northern California chapter, September 2012
O, the Oprah Magazine/Chase Blueprint “Be a Better You” winner, July 2012
