Oh Hey There

I am a freelance science journalist and the associate director of the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing.

Science, Technology, and the FUUUUUUUUTURE

I cover a wide range of science, but especially love stories on brains, behaviors, and bizarre animals. I’ve written one book for young readers on animal brains and cowritten another on animal sensory biology. My bylines can be found in Discover Magazine, Fast Company, NBC News, The New York Times, NOVA Next, Mental Floss, MIT Technology Review, Science Friday, The Verge, Vogue.com, Wired Magazine, and Wired UK.

If you’re interested in the bad science that MDMA criminalization is based on, startups that are trying to grow crops in seawater, or a man who believes he’s discovered the fountain of youth for cats, this is the place for you.

Click here for my science and technology portfolio.

Beyond Journalism

I’ve also been a writer on some educational games, including Evolution, a phylogenesis-themed video game produced by PBS and the Harvard Deep Tree project, and Tech It!, an award-winning tabletop game produced by MIT and the Grenoble School of Management.

Click here to read more about those projects.

In a Former Life

Prior to transitioning to science, I covered finance, human interest and travel with the odd celebrity interview thrown in. My bylines include Entrepreneur Magazine, MSN.com, Playboy.com, The A.V. Club, Time Out Chicago, and the Chicago Sun-Times. In 2007, I was awarded first place in Business and Financial Writing in the Specialty Publications category at the Virginia Press Association’s annual news contest for a collection of articles that included this piece on the people behind WalMart’s massive rebranding efforts.

If you’re looking for information on the filthiest jobs in Chicago or why one man has a garage filled with faceless Chuck E. Cheese robots, click away.