WRITING
I’m passionate about communicating complicated ideas clearly and writing about science in a way that’s relevant to my audience’s lives. My goal is to instill a sense of wonder in the reader as they better understand natural phenomena, and to help them appreciate how the scientific process generated that understanding.
Selected Articles:
“The Promise and Perils of Diversification” In Good Tilth, February 2019
“Dividing the Pie” In Good Tilth, November 2018
“The Power of Quantitative Data: How Numbers Illuminate Policy Problems and Solutions” SPH Findings Magazine, October 2018
“A Game of Cat and Mouse” In Good Tilth, February 2018
“Measuring the Sustainability of Chocolate” In Good Tilth, July 2017
“GMOs and the Risk to our Genetic Heritage” GotScience, June 2017
“Born to be Wild” In Good Tilth, April 2017
“Wonder Beneath our Feet” In Good Tilth, January 2017
“Plant Blindness” In Good Tilth, October 2016
Selected Press Releases:
“How does your garden grow in space?” December 2018
“A method to monitor indoor crop health, no matter what planet you're on” December 2018
“Virtual Models Provide Real Knowledge In the Grass Family” November 2018
"Deep in the Weeds” August 2018
“Generating DNA sequence data in the developing world” August 2018
“Green digitization” April 2018
“Building a DNA barcode library” February 2018
“Sifting gold from the data deluge” November 2017
Selected Thought and Awe Blog Posts:
“GMOs: An Unhealthy Debate” February 2016
“Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower” June 2015
“The Romance of the Garden: Busy Bees” April 2015
“An Ode to Oak Openings” February 2015
“Spectacular Symbiosis: the Root of the Matter” November 2014
“Teach the Controversy” September 2014
“Parasites of the Mind” July 2014
“A Changing Earth Day” April 2014
“Symbiosis: What’s in a Name?” March 2014
“Evolutionary Insights into Language and Culture” January 2014
“Truth, Beauty, and Sea Slugs” December 2013