I'm a freelance science and technology journalist who writes about genes, autism, sleep, fear and cool lab tools, among others. My work has appeared in The Scientist, Nature and Nature Medicine, Scientific American online and other publications.
In addition, I write and manage editorial content for the Amgen Scholars Program website. Funded by the Amgen Foundation, the Program gives hundreds of undergraduates the chance to work in research labs each summer, at one of more than 10 host universities.
I graduated from the Medical & Science Journalism Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2008, and my thesis investigated the psychology behind the simple living movement. In my first year, I was a science writing fellow with the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. While there, I wrote and helped design a new science exhibit for children, called 'Zoom In,' about the size of objects ranging from cells to stars. In the summer between my first and second year of the program, I did a reporting internship at The Scientist, a life sciences trade magazine.
I have a bachelor’s degree in neurobiology and physiology from Purdue University, where I helped develop new ways of studying feeding behavior in mice. In graduate school at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, I studied how the brain detects and responds to low blood sugar in rats. While finishing a master's degree at Illinois, I wrote for the student-run newspaper, The Daily Illini and discovered that I love writing about science.
I live in Cary, N.C., with my husband, dog and three cats.
In addition, I write and manage editorial content for the Amgen Scholars Program website. Funded by the Amgen Foundation, the Program gives hundreds of undergraduates the chance to work in research labs each summer, at one of more than 10 host universities.
I graduated from the Medical & Science Journalism Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2008, and my thesis investigated the psychology behind the simple living movement. In my first year, I was a science writing fellow with the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. While there, I wrote and helped design a new science exhibit for children, called 'Zoom In,' about the size of objects ranging from cells to stars. In the summer between my first and second year of the program, I did a reporting internship at The Scientist, a life sciences trade magazine.
I have a bachelor’s degree in neurobiology and physiology from Purdue University, where I helped develop new ways of studying feeding behavior in mice. In graduate school at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, I studied how the brain detects and responds to low blood sugar in rats. While finishing a master's degree at Illinois, I wrote for the student-run newspaper, The Daily Illini and discovered that I love writing about science.
I live in Cary, N.C., with my husband, dog and three cats.
