I am a freelance science writer and editor with an interest in climate change.
In 2019, the Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz appointed me to the City’s Climate Action Task Force, where I served until 2022, helping to plan the City’s 2030 Climate Action Plan.
From 2017 to 2022, I wrote regular news briefs on the intersection of health and climate change for Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
From 2015 to 2017, Stanford University School of Medicine employed me full time to cover biomedical research — including data science, reproducibility, genetics, diagnostics, and radiology — in magazine features, blog posts and news releases. While at Stanford, I also collaborated on messaging both with campus groups and external partners such as Alphabet’s Verily, Duke University, Apple, and others.
In 2014 and 2015, I was one of three judges for the annual LA Times Book Prize.
I am a contributor to multiple books and coauthor of three editions of Asking About Life, an award-winning college biology textbook, for which I was lead author. I had final say on all text and art. I have expertise in biology, art development, graphic design, photo research, science curriculum, interactive online courses, blogging, wikis and assignment editing. I have extensive experience working with academic researchers.
I have substantive knowledge of forestry, building electrification, health effects of climate change, and other climate related issues. I am currently working on a book about shipping ports and sea level rise.
Fun facts: In my past, I built an 8.5” Newtonian sun telescope that’s safe for looking at sun spots and solar plage; rebuilt the engine of a 1973 Norton Commando motorcycle, the fastest production bike of its year; and wrote the protocol for a NASA space shuttle experiment that sent developing frog embryos into space.
A one-page resume.
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