Personal Statement

Objective: 

To explain scientific topics in a way that is relevant, interesting, and understandable.

Background: 

I am an adventurer in the realm of ideas, and I have pitched my camp at a crossroads:  the intersection of science and writing. 

I started at Michigan State University with science writing in mind. Despite attempts to lure me into research, I have remained on that path. The year since graduation has taken me to Washington DC, working for the American Physical Society as a science writing intern. From there, I went to Geneva, Switzerland to serve as a press contact at CERN while the usual US LHC Communicator was on maternity leave.

In these two roles, I have written tip sheet items for journalists, blog posts for the Physics Buzz, articles for APS News, Fermilab Today, and Symmetry Magazine. I also collaborated on press releases highlighting US contributions to the Large Hadron Collider.

Currently I work for the ATLAS e-News, writing about the ATLAS experiment on the LHC and updating the website. I look forward to reporting the trials and achievements as LHC start-up approaches, and hopefully I'll get a chance to write about the first collisions!

When I'm not working on the e-News, I'm trying to break into freelance. I've written a few articles for New Scientist and one for Discover. With some persistence and luck, I expect to see my list of publications grow in the coming year.

While accuracy in both science and reporting is serious business, the science itself should be fun. That's why I think physics rap is the next big thing.