I am a freelance science journalist, former AAAS Fellow at WIRED. I’m also a writer and editor with SEQUENCER, an online science magazine and newsletter that I cofounded with fellow journalists.

I have a PhD in chemical & biological engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder. In that past life as a scientist, I designed nanoparticles to kill drug resistant bacteria.

I am based in Los Angeles, California, and I write, edit, and fact check stories across all science in many formats, including quick-turn news, in-depth news analysis or trends, features, profiles, and science service stories for kids and students. I’m a member of the National Association of Science Writers and a regular freelance contributor with WIRED. I also do research and script writing for various YouTube channels, such as TED-Ed.

Lately, I’ve been writing about health, brains, space, tech, environment, nature, math, physics, and (of course) chemistry.

My work has appeared in WIRED, Quanta Magazine, Drug Discovery News, Smithsonian, Inverse, TED-Ed, Veritasium, ChemMatters, Massive Sci, SAPIENS, The Verge, Vox, Science Magazine, The Revelator, 5280, Chemistry World, and has been republished by outlets including The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, and Salon.

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