Below is a sample of my participation in science communication, both writing and otherwise.
STEAMM
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math, and Medicine are all entertained when doing research. I’ve always been fascinated how different fields can creatively come together to solve interesting questions and inspire people to be more curious.
EquilibriUM, editor-in-chief and writer
BioArtography, 2018, Highways and Byways
BioArtigraphy, 2020, Captured Chaos
I was a part of a team that exhibited Ut Totum, a project for Imagine RIT in 2015. Coming from the Latin ‘as a whole,’ our goal was to create interactive experiences that integrated science and art. With a group of engineers, artists, and scientists, we built stations that attendees could engage with including software that converted dance moves to abstract art, LED art using water, and a 15-foot tall origami structure with pieces folded by visitors.
Guest Writer
Below are links to articles I’ve guest written for other outlets. Most of the following can also be found on my website.
Featured
Structure Magazine, “Structure of the Pandemic”
LSI Magazine, “Finding New Footholds”
LSE Impact Blogs, “We have the technology to save peer review”
Press releases (external links)
- How cells keep track of cholesterol, eLife digest
- Resilient transcription factors rapidly reactivate genes, eLife digest
- Scilights, American Institute of Physics
Open access
- We have the technology to save peer review – now it is up to our communities to implement it, LSE Impact Blogs
- Knowledge networking in scientific practice, F1000 Blogs
- Practical actions for a collaborative culture, F1000 Blogs
- Open in order to: Optimize scientific research process, Authorea
Michigan Science Writers
I started off with Michigan Science Writers (MSW) as a writer and slowly evolved to editor, communications director, and finally editor-in-chief, thus working with them throughout my PhD at the University of Michigan.
You can find all of the articles I have written for them here, and all the work I’ve done with them here.
Medicine and therapeutics articles
- Scientists endeavor to eradicate all viruses with a universal treatment, The System Scientist
- Using viruses to combat Alzheimer’s, The System Scientist
- From Ancient Viral Mugshots to Potential Cancer Therapy, The System Scientist
- Epigenetic tags for personalized diagnoses, The Biochemist Blog
- The Power of One, Life Science Institute
- Structure of the Pandemic, Structure
- Finding New Footholds, Life Science Institute Magazine
Outreach
ComSciCon-Michigan (2017-2020)
Chaired and initiated ComSciCon-Michigan, 2018
Expert editor and finances for ComSciCon-Michigan 2019
Invited speaker for ComSciCon-Michigan 2020
Portal to the Public (2016-2018)
As a Science Communications Fellow at UMich, I created interactive demonstrations hosted at the University of Michigan’s Natural History Museum and the Detroit Zoo.
Science Fair Judge (2018-2019)
In 2018 and 2019, I helped judge the Plymouth Middle School Science Fair which involved asking students about their science experiments, and ranking their controls and creativity.