My CV

Professional Experience

Freelance Writer and Multimedia Producer

CubeSat History Project; Writer and Editor 2024 – Present
Boston College Schiller Institute; Writer 2022 – Present
Harvard Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Writer 2022 – Present
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Writer 2019 – Present
MIT Alumni Association; Writer 2019 – Present
MIT Spectrum; Writer 2018 – Present
The Fragment book project; Editor 2021 – 2023
ieso; Writer 2022
Rejuvenate Bio; Writer 2022
MIT SSRC; Writer 2021 – 2023
BattGenie; Writer 2021
Eltahir Research Group, MIT; Editor 2018 – 2023
Evermade, LLC.; Writer 2017 – 2022
Joslin Diabetes Center; Editor, Writer and Video Producer 2016 – 2020
Atrius Health; Writer, Fundraising Outreach 2020
MIT Video Productions; Editor and Producer 2018 – 2020
Marine Biological Laboratory; Editor, Writer and Video Producer 2017 – 2020
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Writer Winter 2019 Newsletter
In Good Company (Providence Little Company of Mary); Writer, 2018 – 2019
MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Writer 2018
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative; People and the Planet Lecture Coverage 2017
American Scientist; Editor July/August 2017 Issue
ConsultMates; Photographer and Video Editor 2016
How We Get to Next 2014 -2016
Boston Globe Magazine; 5 big ideas that just might transform the classroom: Take the Really Long View Oct. 2012
Technology Review; The Go-To Guy March/April 2012
Popular Mechanics; How Battle-Tested Robots Are Helping Out at Fukushima April 18, 2011

“The Ghost of Luther Lashaway”
Landfall: Best New England Crime Stories 2018 (2018)

“The Affair of the Green Crayon”
Baker Street Irregulars: The Game is Afoot (2018)

JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER BOSTON, MA
Senior Marketing Communications Specialist 2013-2016
Marketing Communications Specialist 2011-2013

Identify science and research story ideas as sole staff science writer and video producer
Videographer, writer and photographer producing content highlighting achievements in research and care
Manage freelancers and interns: assign and edit stories, provide guidance

PBS NOVA BOSTON, MA
Web Intern Summer 2011

Produced interactive multimedia content for publication in conjunction with documentaries
Wrote posts for the Inside NOVA blog
Production Assistant for Fabric of the Cosmos

PRI’S LIVING ON EARTH SOMERVILLE, MA
Production Intern Summer 2011

Found and pitched story ideas for Q&A and Science Note sections
Scripted and recorded segments of science news; Produced Q&As for national broadcasts

THE ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, MA
Primary Student Writer 2008 – 2010

Selected professors and faculty conducting environmental research to profile in publications and video
Acted as reporter, writer, editor, photographer, videographer, and publication designer

ACIDOPHILES: A NOT-SO-BASIC LIFE
Master’s Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010 – 2011

Researched and wrote 10 thousand word thesis on acidophiles, microbes thriving in highly acidic conditions

AMERICA’S ORIGINS: HOW AMERICANS BELIEVE LIFE CAME TO BE
Senior Honors Thesis, University of Massachusetts 2009 – 2010

Produced 30 minute documentary on public perception of evolution and intelligent design
Filmed and interviewed authorities on evolution and intelligent design, including Carl Zimmer, Kenneth Miller and Michael Behe; wrote script, independently filmed and edited footage taken throughout one year

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (M.I.T.) CAMBRIDGE, MA
Graduate Program in Science Writing, S.M. 2011

Contributing author on Scope, the Student Publication of the Graduate Program in Science Writing at MIT
Relevant course work: Advanced Science Writing Seminar, Thesis, Making Documentary, Studies in Film
Science Writing Fellow in the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST, MA
B.A. in Journalism, Concentration in Science; Commonwealth Honors College 2010

Took classes in physics, astronomy, biology, anthropology, psychology, & geology departments
Teaching assistant for “Cosmos to Humanity,” covering topics including physics, geology, evolution & robotics
Magna cum laude, Honors with Distinction