Writing comes in many forms.
Much of my freelance science writing is ghost writing, and so, cannot be shared publicly. Please contact me for more information.
However, I have also published lay articles and summaries about research articles to give a sample of my writing styles. Projects can include website materials, general audience articles, research summaries, scientist spotlights and more.


General Audience Articles

  • I have written the scripts for all of my videos. In addition, I synthesized the literature to determine what content to include.
  • Destroying Coronavirus: What is all of the biology behind how we are fighting the coronavirus?
    Article: Published by Lifeology
    Infographic: Accompanying graphic on the topic.
    Video Script: For a short animation on the topic.
  • Coronavirus: Creating in the time of a pandemic.
    Video: Describing about basic virus facts
    Article: Published by Science Talk to explain my video production process.
  • Eating Insects is an emerging benefit to help environmental and health issues. I explore some of the recent research behind eating insects, insect farming and the environment (e.g., greenhouse gasses, land and water use), and trendy gourmet insect themed foods.
    Article: Published by Massive Science (Feb 2019). ,
  • Science Communication (#SciComm) is becoming more widely appreciated among researchers.  To help scientist, there is a growing body of tools available.  One resource is Science Talk, which I contributed an article about a video I created aimed at 11-year old students.
  • Different Audiences: Writing for different audiences is a necessary task.  Here I show one example of how I tackle writing with the topic of insects.  I write for 5 year olds, undergraduate students, graduate students, and a colleague in my field.
    What is an insect?

Research Article Summaries


Youthful Audiences

The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science asks scientists to answer, for 11-year old students a complicated question–that they will judge.  In 2016 the question was:  What is Sound?

The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science asks scientists to answer, for 11-year old students a complicated question–that they will judge.  In 2017 the question was:  What is Energy?

Ever have a question you want to ask a scientist about?  The Idaho Environmental Surveillance, Education, and Research Program has a forum for just that!
I answered the question:  Are daddy longlegs the most venomous spiders?

As an early career scientist I entered my research into a competition where scientist had to explain their research to a general audience.  As a finalist, the work was presented as a poster at the Glasgow Science Museum.
Using insect ‘ears’ to understand novel methods of sound reception

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