science writer | entomologist
Pittsburgh-based writer and science communicator with experience in research, journalism, and institutional science writing. An entomologist by training, I earned my PhD at Penn State before pivoting to science writing. While insects will always have a special place in my heart and I relish the opportunity to write about them (e.g., tracking murder hornets, bees that use an interesting tactic to fend off predators, or firefly conservation), I also enjoy writing about other interesting flora and fauna (e.g., garbage-guzzling camels, eternally fertile naked mole-rats, or sponges with auctioned scientific names), environmental issues (e.g., ocean plastic waste , shrinking glaciers, or invasive species), and health and medicine (e.g., "cellular tides" that influence age-related diseases or unlocking immunotherapy for a rare and deadly eye cancer).
Outside of writing, I enjoy traveling and getting outdoors to hike, climb, and camp. I'm on a mission to visit all of Pennsylvania's 124 state parks.
