YEAR OF BIRTH: 1963

PLACE OF BIRTH: Huntsville, Alabama, USA

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania 1998
B.S., Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi 1991

PUBLICATIONS:

Nonfiction

Books:

Particles and the Universe, Facts On File, forthcoming (Spring 2007)

Atoms and Materials, Facts On File, forthcoming (Spring 2007)

Light and Optics, Facts On File, forthcoming (Spring 2007)

Time and Thermodynamics, Facts On File, forthcoming (Spring 2007)

Electricity and Magnetism, Facts On File, forthcoming (Spring 2007)

Force and Motion, Facts On File, forthcoming (Spring 2007)

Optics: Illuminating the Power of Light (with Sean M. Grady), Facts On File, 2006

Articles:

"The Right Stuff", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2006

"Dear Analog: A History of Brass Tacks", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July/August 2004

"Artificial Chromosomes", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2004

"Personalized Drugs: The Future of Pharmacogenomics", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2003

"The Tell-Tale Brain", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2002

"Stemming the Tide of Aging and Disease", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2001

University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Neurological Sciences, "Graduate Profile: Adam Koppel, M.D., Ph.D." INS Newsletter Spring 2001

University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Neurological Sciences, "Faculty Profile: Julie Blendy, Ph.D." INS Newsletter Spring 2001

"Thanks for the Memories", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 2001

University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Neurological Sciences, "Graduate Profile: Jennifer Groh, Ph.D." INS Newsletter Fall 2000

University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Neurological Sciences, "Faculty Profile: Steven Thomas, M.D., Ph.D." INS Newsletter Fall 2000

"Brain-Machine Interfaces", Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July/August 2000

"Paraneuroscience?", Skeptical Inquirer, May/June 2000

"From Where Comes Inspiration?", The Secular Web, April 2000

University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Neurological Sciences, "Graduate Profile: Rebecca Hartley, Ph.D." INS Newsletter Spring 2000

University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Neurological Sciences, "Faculty Profile: Diego Contreras, M.D., Ph.D." INS Newsletter Spring 2000

"On Science Writing", Journal of Irreproducible Results, Vol. 44, Number 5/6, 1999
      reprinted in:       Chemical Innovation (American Chemical Society), June 2000

"The University of Construction", Philadelphia Citypaper, July 16-22, 1999

"Schizophrenia: Behavior + Physiology = Disease", Jackhammer Ezine, Volume 2, Issue 22, May 31, 1999

Fiction

"The Test" [short story], Analog Science Fiction and Fact, forthcoming

"Company Secrets" [novelet], Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2005
      translated into Russian and reprinted in:       Esli, September 2005

"Caged" [novelet], Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January/February 2004

"Windingweed" [short story], Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2003

"Emma" [short story], Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2003

"Cult of the I" [short story], Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 2003

"DNA Royalty" [short story], Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2002