Education

• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  Master’s Degree in molecular biology conferred 09/2010
• California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
  Bachelor’s Degree in biology conferred 06/2006

Professional Experience

Communications Specialist (Contractor), 10/2020–Present
U.S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Developed and coordinated content for a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) website helping investigators, scientific staff, and research administrators understand NIH’s scientific sharing policies.

• Developed and coordinated content for NIH – Data Sharing, a website covering core trans-NIH scientific sharing policies
• Facilitated weekly inter-office meetings to coordinate features and support of NIH’s Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes, an NIH human genomic study registry and database
• Supported the annual NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration (20,000+ registrants) by performing presentation QC, editing presentation transcripts, and providing technical support for attendees
• Contributed to QC and posts on NIH’s Extramural Nexus Blog (348,000+ subscribers)
• Performed ongoing QC of NIH Sharing and NIH Office of Extramural Research websites
• Coordinated with SMEs to submit Paperwork Reduction Act clearance for 4 forms

Science Writer/Editor, 5/2019–11/2020 (Freelancer)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
Wrote and edited scientific content to support NASA’s SMART cables project, a United Nations-led effort to integrate environmental sensors onto undersea cables for tsunami warning and climate monitoring.

• Edited a white paper detailing scientific, technical and legal specifications of SMART cables, published in Frontiers in Marine Science in August 2019
• Translated technical material into lay language for an article promoting SMART cables published in the trade journal Submarine Telecoms Industry Report
• Edited three posters for presentation at OceanObs19, an international ocean observation conference
• Took minutes during 10+ executive committee and plenary group meetings to produce reports for the Chair and Secretariat of the Joint Task Force

Communications Coordinator, 11/2016—5/2019
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Managed social media channels and profiled newsworthy research news, people, and events at the university’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

• Wrote 15+ news releases on technical topics, receiving nationwide media coverage including in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, New Scientist and Popular Science
• Interviewed donors, alumni, faculty, students and staff for 75+ short- and long-form articles such as features and profiles
• Launched college’s Instagram account in addition to conceiving and posting content to college’s social media accounts; total follower number increased 1000+
• Produced e-newsletters sent to more than 30,000 alumni, students, faculty and staff
• Aggregated relevant news items for alumni relations and college leadership
• Posted and maintained digital content on Drupal-based college website
• Contributed to writing and planning for college’s biannual print magazine

Technical Writer, 12/2015—10/2016
Phase Change, Golden, CO
Conceived, produced, wrote, and edited content to support scientific communication and technical documentation for an artificial intelligence software company.

• Coordinated video blogging and social media strategy
• Recorded and edited four training videos for new engineers
• Interviewed engineers and conducted independent research to write three technical papers describing the mathematical and compiler specifications of software modules
• Conceived and led the development of an in-house style guide and glossary
• Designed recruitment flyers and advertisements leading to a successful hire
• Wrote web copy and coded in HTML, CSS, and PHP to maintain, edit and design WordPress-based company website

Technical Writer, 6/2016—10/2016 (Independent Contractor)
SomaLogic, Boulder, CO
Produced documents describing statistical methods and data specifications of a biotechnology company’s protein biomarker discovery and clinical diagnostics platform.

• Wrote a new reference document and created graphics describing statistical methods for analyzing data yielded by company’s product
• Revised a reference document describing statistical procedures used to remove bias from data yielded by company’s product
• Revised a reference document describing file specification for results from company’s product
• Developed an internal style guide to support consistent terminology in documentation for internal audiences as well as users of company’s product

Communications Specialist, 8/2014—8/2015
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
Supported renewable energy engineers by writing, editing, and managing technical publications for audiences including policymakers, engineers and the general public.

• Project managed, created, and distributed 50+ periodic e-newsletters to mailing list composed of business developers, policymakers and researchers
• Produced brochures, fliers, fact sheets, press releases, blog posts and other outreach publications to elevate the laboratory’s accomplishments
• Edited 100+ webpages in Drupal-based content management system
• Edited 100+ papers, presentations and marketing pieces for conformation to Associated Press and in-house style guidelines
• Wrote nomination package for NREL-developed biofuel that won both the 2015 R&D 100 and Editor’s Choice Awards
• Created posts for Facebook and Twitter to promote events, researchers and accomplishments
• Carried out independent research by reading primary literature and interviewing subject matter experts
• Coordinated and managed projects with up to 10 team members including graphics, web, video and print staff in addition to management

Skills

• Publishing & design: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Multimedia: Camtasia, iMovie, DaVinci Resolve, Audacity
• Web: Drupal, HTML, CSS, iModules, WordPress, Blogger
• Social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
• Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Editing: Associated Press Stylebook