A native of Gainesville, Florida, I graduated from Furman University (Greenville, SC) in 1996 with degrees in chemistry and German. After college, a Fulbright Fellowship brought me to Gieβen, Germany, for a fantastic year that allowed me to do chemistry research and exercise my language skills. I then moved on to Bloomington, Indiana, and Ph.D. work in the Indiana University Department of Chemistry. My thesis work focused on the interactions of proteins and lipids, blending elements of cell biology, biochemistry, organic chemistry and polymer chemistry.

While finishing my Ph.D., I took a graduate level science journalism course at the IU School of Journalism with Holly Stocking and decided that I wanted to trade my world of beakers and Bunsen burners for science writing. In 2004, I worked as an intern at Discover magazine and as an AAAS Mass Media Fellow at WNBC-TV in New York.  Since then, I have been freelancing from the NYC area, doing a combination of writing, editorial work and content development for science exhibits.

I am a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Society of Environmental Journalists, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and serve on the board of the Science Writers in New York (SWINY). Click here for a full resume.