Resume

Objective: 

To generate interest in and understanding of scientific topics through writing.

Education:

Michigan State University  2003-2007

• Dual Degree:  Professional Writing B.A., Physics B.A. (Honors)

Work:

ATLAS E-News Journalist/Webmaster  5/08 – present
ATLAS Collaboration, CERN

• Write articles for the e-News and outreach websites
• Provide editing feedback for fellow journalists
• Update the website
• Improve technical aspects of the website

US LHC Communicator  10/07 – 4/08
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, stationed at CERN

• Planned and accompanied visits of US journalists to CERN
• Modified CERN press releases to highlight US contributions
• Updated US LHC website and supervised blog
• Wrote articles for Fermilab Today, LiveScience.com, and Symmetry magazine

Science Writing Intern  5/07 – 9/07
American Physical Society

• Selected stories and explain physics research from Physical Review articles
• Wrote for tip sheets, APS News, Physical Review Focus, and Physics Buzz blog
• Created and edited audio and video clips

Summer Research Student  6/06 – 8/06
Michigan State University Research Experience for Undergraduates program

• Supervised by a scientist at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
• Programmed, studied research articles, analyzed compiled data
• Presented a poster in the undergraduate poster session at the Division of Nuclear Physics conference, 10/27/06; Nashville, TN

Other Experience:

Rapping Science 2006 – present
No label as yet…

• Large Hadron Rap
• Over 4.25 million views on YouTube
• Covered in print, web, TV and radio around the world
• N3UROCH!P
• First on YouTube, now over 85,000 views
• Spoke at SciCom 08 conference in Vienna
• For hire by research facilities for basic science

Volunteer Outreach Developer  8/06 – 5/07
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

• Developed documents used to teach junior high and high school students nuclear physics
• Instructions, web site
• Writing, designing, revising, editing
• Helped manage students when these programs ran

Honors

• Alumni Distinguished Commended Scholar (MSU)
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Honors College (MSU)

Skills:

• Writing:  articles, reports, web pages, slide shows, essays, verse; for varied audiences
• Software Proficiencies:  Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel; Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, some knowledge of Flash
• Languages, in order of fluency: English, HTML, CSS, French