Telling the stories of science—especially the tiny ones here on Earth.
For over 7 years, I have worked as a professional science writer, leveraging my background in the life sciences and research (ecology and microbiology) to bring the stories of science to everyone.
Select publications:
Mongabay.org (2019)
- Expand or Intensify? Balancing biodiversity and rising food needs: study
- Hawaii braces for potential mass-coral bleaching event
- How to protect more species for less money in western Amazon
- Study reveals a fragile web of knowledge linking plants to people
- Brazil lacks land title transparency
- The hidden costs of hydro: we need to reconsider the world’s dam plans
Mongabay.org (2018)
- ‘Snot otters’ threatened by disease and stress
- Ruralists in Brazilian congress put nation’s protected areas at risk
- Religious leaders mobilize to protect indigenous people and forests
- List of 100 most unique and endangered reptiles released
World Conference for Science Journalists (2017)
- How Decolonizing Science Can Make it Better
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Covering Sexual Harassment in Science: Journalists Weigh in on the Challenges
Public Library of Science (2016)
Mongabay.org (2011-2015)
Highlights:
Special Reporting Initiative
- It can be done! – Building better dams in the Andean Amazon
- Roads through the rainforest: an overview of South America’s ‘arc of deforestation’
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation
- Next big idea in forest conservation? Harness the power of marketing
- Next big idea in forest conservation? Maps for the masses
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