I write regularly about health, earth science, energy and green technology, and I’ve covered topics ranging from the health of Mongolian reindeer herds to biological markers for mental illness. Two of my favorite areas to write about are innovations that solve humanitarian problems and the surprising biological adaptations that enable organisms to thrive in extreme environments.
I have reported stories across the U.S. and as far away as Iceland and Argentina. My reporting adventures have sent me wading through quicksand, hanging out with federal drug agents, and exploring otherworldly marine communities at the bottom of the ocean through the eyes of a submersible robot.
Before I began writing for a living, I spent several years as a researcher, wielding pipettes in the lab at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Southern California and sloshing through seawater in California and Antarctica. Along the way I discovered that I enjoyed telling the tales behind science even more than doing science itself.
Later, while earning a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Colorado, in Boulder, I received a fellowship from the National Science Foundation to study climate change from the interdisciplinary perspective of science, policy, business, journalism and social science. This continues to shape the direction and aspirations of my reporting.
My biggest adventure has been becoming a mother to my son, Miles Alexander, and daughter, Isabella Rose. I live with my husband, our children, and our Siberian husky in Denver, Colorado.
